Uttarakhand Landslide Mitigation and Management Centre

ULMMC is an autonomous institution; registered under Societies Registration Act 1860. The centre will serve on PAN India basis as a Centre of Excellence to provide sustainable solutions for landslide mitigation and management.

Landslide occurrences are very common in the Himalayan region largely because of its complex geology, tectonic instability, continuous erosion by rivers and streams, and high-intensity rainfall substantiated by upcoming hill development activities. Though the loss of life and property due to earthquakes and floods in India are much more than landslides, however, landslide occurrence being more frequent is considered to be a major geological hazard that adversely impacted the society. The Himalayan mountain belt is quite dynamic and active towards subsidence, rock fall, debris flow, avalanches etc and the means of mitigation and/or corrective measures are scarce.

The state of Uttarakhand is one of the fast growing/developing states and have a huge tourist and pilgrims’ influx. Therefore, good road connectivity, safe travel, parking, stay arrangements for tourists, solid waste management, black & grey water management/drainage are some key aspects to be addressed properly. Also, as a result of increasing urbanization in hilly terrains, slopes are being disturbed due to various construction activities particularly the road and building construction that facilitate the landslide activities.

It is utmost important to carefully coop up with the development activities without harming our environment, life(s) & property(s). Hence, there is a need to establish a centre for Landslide Mitigation and Management to conduct landslide related research and investigations for landslide risk reduction through hazard/risk estimation, modelling, instrumentation and cost-effective mitigation measures integrated with long term solution comprising of various control measures that may suitable for a particular site. The main concerns under landslide disaster mitigation are spatial prediction of landslide hazard & risk assessment, modelling of landslide dynamics for efficient mitigation measures and development of early warning system along with sustainable slope stabilization works.