Breach on embankment of River Teesta at 29th Mile (Kalimpong) : 30Jun2013

 

What is of concern is that we have had deficient precipitation in the whole of Jun2013 and rainfall normally peaks in July and August before starting to decline in September. Not surprisingly,  many of  the major landslide disasters ( see 1, 2 , 3 ) have taken place late in the monsoon season.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling