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Kodagu landslide survivors' experiences

A community-involved micro-level disaster management plan to ensure a coordinated disaster relief response

Arun G Maiya

Kiran K V Acharya

Posted on 11 Jun, 2023 10:59 PM

Kodagu, a picturesque hill station nestled in the western ghats of India, faced catastrophic landslides in 2018. The cumulative rainfall in Kodagu district was 3464 mm from January 1 to August 31, 2018. It was 32% more than the average annual rainfall over the last 20 years.

Landslides have become an annual occurrence and have spread to other districts of the Western Ghats range (Image: Ashish Gupta; (CC BY 2.0))

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