Global warming, climate change and infrastructure construction in eco-fragile areas are triggering landslides that are more damaging than ever before
On July 21, near the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala’s Idukki District within the Kottayam Forest Division area, a landslide washed away the nearly complete runway of an airstrip. Its construction in an eco-fragile area was bitterly opposed by local environmentalists and local villagers.