The delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon has brought with it a fresh spell of landslides in the Western Ghats. While Wayanad in Kerala has already witnessed a debris slip that claimed three lives, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide near the KSRTC bus stand in Madikeri, Kodagu district. Earlier, three people died when a retaining wall slipped on a building at Garodi-Naguri in Mangaluru on July 1.

The delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon has brought with it a fresh spell of landslides in the Western Ghats. While Wayanad in Kerala has already witnessed a debris slip that…

Wayanad faces escalating ecological crises and deadly landslides. Recent disasters highlight unscientific development and policy conflicts. Heavy rains saturate porous soil,…