Excessive rains in the Western Ghats have caused a rapid increase in the water level in the Kottakudi river in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu, causing fears among people living near the falls and other places along the river. The rainwater has entered the regions around Bodi, which are fed by the hills around ...

The Western Ghats are once again approaching yet another important monsoon season when authorities and experts are focusing more attention on landslide preparedness, real-time landslide monitoring and early-warning systems in vulnerable hill districts. It is especially necessary in regions of Kerala and Karnataka, where topographic factors such as steep slope gradients, high intensity rainfall, weathering ...