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Reactivating Balia Nala landslide, Nainital, India—a disaster in waiting

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This paper is the outcome of the work carried out under the disaster management support (DMS) program of ISRO. We thank Dr. Raj Kumar, Director, NRSC, for support to this work. We would like to thank Dr. V.V. Rao, Deputy Director, RSAA, for his guidance. We thank Dr. N Aparna, Group Director, NDC, NRSC, and her team for providing the IRS satellite data.

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  1. Geodynamics and Geohazards Division, Geosciences Group, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, 500037, India

    Priyom Roy, Nirmala Jain, Tapas R. Martha & K. Vinod Kumar

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Roy, P., Jain, N., Martha, T.R. et al. Reactivating Balia Nala landslide, Nainital, India—a disaster in waiting. Landslides 19, 1531–1535 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-01881-z

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