AS HEAVY rain and landslides continue to ravage hill states in the country, a 2019 strategy document published by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) shows that concerns related to poor urban planning, lack of comprehensive land use policy, lax enforcement of construction laws and excessive tourism in these regions had been flagged then too. The document pointed out how building plans of hill states were copied from the Delhi Master Plan.
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