Probing the Crisis of Regional Connectivity Instigated by the Natural Disasters, Mizoram, India
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 11(5): 39-59, 2021; Article no.IJECC.70811 ISSN: 2581-8627 (Past name: British Journal of Environment & Climate Change, Past ISSN: 2231–4784) Probing the Crisis of Regional Connectivity Instigated by the Natural Disasters, Mizoram, India Siba Prasad Mishra1*, Jyoti Prakash Puhan1 and Saswat Mishra2 1Civil Engineering Department, Centurion University of technology & Management, Jatni, Bhubaneswar, India. 2Civil Engineering Department, KIIT University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisa, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJECC/2021/v11i530408 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Daniele De Wrachien, State University of Milan, Italy. Reviewers: (1) Abdolreza Alijani, Islamic Azad University, Iran. (2) Ntieche Benjamin, University of Yaounde, Cameroon. Complete Peer review History: https://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/70811 Received 02 May 2021 Accepted 08 July 2021 Review Article Published 13 July 2021 ABSTRACT Mizoram, in eastern Himalayas of India, is educated but thinly populous young state of area 21081sq km with hilly forest cover of (≈90.68%) The major connectivity is by roads of length 8912km (2019) that connects India’s mainland, Myanmar and Bangladesh and about no rail tracks. The state is housed in various folds and faults over Indo-Burmese tectonic zone (Indo Eurasian plate tectonics), and housed adjacent to 950 Ridges. The booming craggy state is combatting with its road network progress due to frequent low magnitude tremors, landslides, floods, and heavy rainfalls. The data of earthquakes, landslides, rainfall, and road progress were collected, and analyzed.
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