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Causes of Land Slides

Landslides in India are a major hazard, especially in hilly, mountainous, and coastal regions. The main causes of landslides in India include slope instability from removal of tree and soil support; indiscriminate deforestation; slash and burn agriculture; road and mine construction; increasing population leading to overgrazing and development that reduces forest cover; and heavy rains causing erosion in loosened soil.

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Causes of Land Slides

Landslides in India are a major hazard, especially in hilly, mountainous, and coastal regions. The main causes of landslides in India include slope instability from removal of tree and soil support; indiscriminate deforestation; slash and burn agriculture; road and mine construction; increasing population leading to overgrazing and development that reduces forest cover; and heavy rains causing erosion in loosened soil.

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Causes of Landslides in India – Reasons

Landslides in India are considered a major hazard in most hilly and mountains regions
as well as in steep river banks and coastlines. The causes of landslides in India are not
much different from the world, but there are some peculiarities. Important factors
considered to be responsible for causing landslides are:

 Slope instability due to removal of lateral and underlying support.


 Indiscriminate chopping down of trees.

 Slash and burn cultivation practices in hills

 Road construction and mining activities.

 With increasing population pressure, there is an increase in grazing activities,


urbanization which reduces dense natural evergreen forest cover.

 Due to these activities the ecological balance is disrupted, thereby resulting in loosening
of the soil.

 Under conditions of heavy rain, there is increased and substantial soil erosion and
frequent landslides.

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