Debris slip disaster at Wayanad tunnel site: experts flag concerns about infra projects in ecologically vulnerable regions
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Experts highlight risks of infrastructure projects like the Wayanad tunnel road approved without proper geological and hydrological studies, urging stronger ecological safety measures in vulnerable Western Ghats regions amid changing climate conditions.
Expert says clearance for the Wayanad tunnel road project was given without conducting detailed geological and hydrological studies and stricter infrastructural guidelines and ecological safety measures should be enforced in fragile areas of the Western Ghats, considering the changing climate-rainfall regimes and the increased vulnerability to landslides
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