India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Government had approved Landslide Risk Mitigation Scheme (LRMS) for four (04) States viz. Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland and Uttarakhand in 2019 to provide central assistance to these vulnerable States for disaster preparedness and build their capacity to take up other Landslide Mitigation Projects in future.
LRMS was conceptualized and launched in July, 2019 under Improving Disaster Risk Governance of State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) / District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs) with total financial outlay of Rs. 43.91 Crore.
The major outcomes of the scheme included landslide mitigation, real time monitoring, awareness programmes and capacity buil...