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Sikkim gets sensor-based landslide warning system ahead of being on aviation map of India

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By Vishwa Mohan

Hours before Sikkim [was] going to be on [the] aviation map of India, the state on Saturday got the country's second sensors-based advanced landslide warning system in the region, which, along with Darjeeling belt in north-east Himalayas, is among the world's most prominent landslide hotspots.

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Co-funded by the Union ministry of earth sciences, this real-world IoT (Internet of Things) system for effective Landslide Early Warning consists of over 200 sensors in around 150 acres of land that can measure geophysical and hydrological parameters like rainfall, pore pressure and seismic activity.

The in-situ wireless sensors-based system is considered much more accurate than the rainfall threshold model used worldwide. The new system can issue landslide warnings [24 hours in advance].

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"This multi-level warning system will help disaster management authorities to take steps to mitigate and manage potential landslide threats in a proactive and effective manner," said Maneesha Sudheer, director of the Center for Wireless Networks & Applications of the University.

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Hazards Landslide
Themes Early warning Disaster risk management
Country and region India
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