A Case Study on Kotrupi Landslide 2017, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh

The insights from past disaster events will help develop a better understanding of all dimensions of disaster management, from its risks to effective responses and recovery. Documentation not only captures the information or characteristics of the disaster, it also examines why such an uncomfortable episode occurred and how we could have avoided, prevented, or mitigated it. Accurate documentation is the foundation for good historical records and simultaneously for drafting the strategies for disaster risks reduction and resilience in future.

This time the insitute has documented the different attributes of the Kotrupi landslide that was triggered in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh State. The incident was first of its kind in the history of Mandi District that shattered the calm and picturesque terrain.

Hopefully, the document will help disaster management authorities and other relevant stakeholders in finding the gaps in current scenario and the strategies to be adopted to avert or reduce the impacts of such catastrophic events.