Odisha plans to relocate landslide-prone hill villages

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is planning to relocate villages located on hilltops and foothills to prevent casualties from landslides during disasters, senior minister Suresh Pujari said Wednesday. Of the six deaths reported during Cyclone Arnab in the state, five people died in landslides in Kandhamal and Ganjam districts. Ten other landslide victims remain missing in Ganjam. […]

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