Government Inaugurates National Landslide Forecasting Centre:
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy Inaugurates National Landslide Forecasting Centre and Launches Bhusanket Web Portal & Bhooskhalan Mobile App
- The National Landslide Forecasting Centre (NLFC) aims to mitigate landslide hazards in India. It provides early warning bulletins for landslide-prone states and plans to operationalize a nationwide Landslide Early Warning System (LEWS) by 2030
- Bhusanket Web Portal facilitates dissemination of information on landslide hazards and initiates short- and medium-range forecasting.
- Bhooskhalan Mobile App provides quick daily landslide forecasts.
- A landslide is “a movement of a mass of rock, earth or debris down a slope”.