Dehradun: Rudraprayag and Tehri districts of Uttarakhand have the highest landslide density and landslide hazard risk in the country. Two hill districts of the Himalayan state top a table published by the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Center as part of the Landslide Atlas of India based on satellite data inputs provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The list includes all 13 districts of Uttarakhand which differ from each other in terms of vulnerability to landslides.
While Rudraprayag and Tehri districts rank first and second in the list of 147 districts, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar are ranked 146th and 147th respectively.
The famous Kedarnath Temple is located in Rudraprayag. It was the epicenter of a massive natural disaster in June 2013 that claimed thousands of lives.
Chamoli district, where Joshimath is grappling with a land-subsidence crisis, has been ranked at 19th, Uttarkashi 21st, Pauri 23rd, Dehradun 29th, Bageshwar 50th, Champawat 65th, Nainital 68th, Almora 81st and Pithoragarh 86th.