Nepal: Experts urge new body to manage landslides

Government bodies and disaster experts have called for setting up a separate entity to oversee landslide management effectively.

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Following the adverse impacts of landslide on diverse areas like infrastructure, arable land, human settlements and lives, disaster experts from Nepal and Japan have jointly proposed a Landslide Disaster Management Centre.

Disaster experts have drawn the attention of state bodies in a recent five-point declaration on how the government should be prioritising its efforts for saving property and lives to landslides.

These recommendations come at a time when the existing DWIDM, the body overseeing water-induced disasters, is likely to be dissolved.

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