Hazard mapping, slope reinforcement, and a dedicated State Landslide Policy are among the steps experts believe Nagaland must urgently adopt to make its roads safer.

With the State’s fragile geology and intense rainfall leaving infrastructure constantly at risk, geologists caution that mitigation cannot remain an afterthought. But how safe are the roads we travel on today?

In the second part of The Morung Express series on landslides, geologists David Lhoupenyi and Dr Temsulemba Walling, who have been closely studying slope failures across Nagaland, share their insights on road safety, possible solutions, the need for proper hazard mapping, and the urgent steps the government must take.

“Our roads are not entirely unsafe,” Lhoupenyi held, “but in young mountains like Nagaland, we are bo

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