Nearly 1,000 landslides have been identified in the Mandakini valley following incessant rainfall upstream of the Mandakini river and its tributaries on June 16 -17.
Using satellite images, the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, is carrying out a landslide inventory for the affected area using pre-and-post Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) data. In the preliminary assessment, at least 992 landslides have been identified along the river valleys of Mandakini in areas including Kedarnath, Sonprayag, Gaurikund, Ukhimath, Guptkashi, Mansuna, Phata, Agastyamuni and Rudraprayag, among others.