QUESTION 18
GS3
15 marks
Describe the various causes and the effects of landslides. Mention the important components of the National Landslide Risk Management Strategy.
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Describe the causes and effects of landslides and the main parts of India's National Landslide Risk Management Strategy (2019).
DescribeGive a clear, detailed account of the main features.
Demand-wise check
- 1Causes: natural (rain, earthquakes, slope, geology) and human (road cutting, deforestation, mining, construction)≈50 words
- 2Effects: deaths, blocked roads, river damming and floods, loss of farmland≈50 words
- 3NLRMS components: hazard mapping, monitoring and early warning, awareness, capacity building, mountain zone regulations, stabilisation, special purpose vehicle for funding≈50 words
- 4Example: Kedarnath 2013, Wayanad 2024≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
CausesEffectsStrategy componentsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not naming NLRMS components
- No named disaster, e.g. Kedarnath 2013, Malin 2014, Wayanad 2024
Draw this
- Flow: cause → slope failure → effects
Value addition
- ProgrammeGSI's National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping covered about 4.3 lakh sq km at 1:50,000 scale.Geological Survey of India
- SourceNDMA released the National Landslide Risk Management Strategy in September 2019.NDMA
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 17 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
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