Every year, landslides cause major infrastructure damages and deaths. As per the data provided by National Institute for Disaster Management (NIDM), more than 5,000 people are buried alive under landslides and economic losses of more than USD 4 billion is reported every year globally due to it. In India, landslides cause more than 1,000 deaths every year. The main objective of this innovation by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi was to develop an indigenous, low-cost, and real-time landslide monitoring and warning system which could overcome this annual problem. Not all the landslides can be treated or mitigated. However, major disasters can be addressed by landslide monitoring and early warning. The low-cost landslide monitoring and early warning system developed by IIT Mandi senses various soil parameters and weather properties at a landslide prone site... Read More