India, June 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Events such as the devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Dharali and Sukhi Top regions last August, which triggered flash floods, slope instability and caused immense damage to both human life and settlements, have brought renewed attention to the challenges facing India's Himalayan highways. As extreme weather events become more frequent, MoRTH is increasingly turning to advanced technologies to safeguard critical road infrastructure in the country's most vulnerable terrains. Among these measures is the deployment of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)-based landslide monitoring and early warning systems along a 100-km stretch of the Char Dham route in Uttarakha...