Union Minister Nitin Gadkari addressed a workshop on landslide mitigation for resilient hill roads in the fragile Himalayan region.
Key initiatives include MoUs with THDC India for landslide treatment in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, and defense/geological organizations.
Policy mandates slope stabilization before road construction in hilly terrain and deployment of InSAR monitoring on 100-km Chardham route.
Advanced technologies like LiDAR and UAVs are being used for topographical surveys and landslide susceptibility mapping in DPR preparation.