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Fig. 1.6 a, b Previous satellite image and settlement around Kedarnath Temple (a); and Post-
disaster satellite image and complete destruction of the town Kedarnath (b) (2013) (Source www.
dailymail.co.uk )
Fig. 1.7 Slope failure and
destruction of settlement at
Kedarnath (Source www.
dailymail.co.uk )
probably be in the same range as for a one-off natural disaster. National infra-
structures like roads, bridges, dams, hydropower stations, canals, buildings are also
repeatedly damaged by landslides in this region. A rapid rise in construction of
national infrastructures including roads, hydropower stations and dams, etc. with
inadequate or little consideration for the natural hazards has considerably contrib-
uted to triggering of landslides in the mountains of the Himalayas (Himalayan