GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOLLOW ORDERS OF THE HONOURABLE HIGH COURT AND PREPARE THE REMEDIAL ESTIMATES REQUIRED FOR THE ROAD SAFETY MEASURES AND NECESSARY FOR THE CONTROL OF HEAVY LAND SLIDING

The various roads of the Himachal Pradesh have closed during the rainy season and later on opened by the department of Public Works even the High ways are facing problems due to land slides for which the government must initiate action as directed by the Honourable High court of HP Shimla to follow experts advice as such every year the massive landslides are required to be removed from the roads which causes loss of lives and property for which precautionary measures are required to be taken with the suggestions made by code and specifications so that it could be prevented and further loss of property and lives may be restricted for the future .As per the remedial precautions it is necessary to provide the breast walls at such reduced distances and to prefer the plantation on upper profile of the road side .The government should issue necessary directions to the department of public works to prepare the details of such RDs and issue necessary directions to the driving people regarding to follow the instructions of the road safety act as required to control the speed limit at such places where the department concerned should also provide road sign boards .The MDR and State Highways are maintained by the state governments however the National Highways are maintained and funded by the Central Government with the responsibility of NHAI for which the central government may follow the code and specifications so analysed time to time by the IRC and code and specifications required to be followed by the field Engineers working for the maintenance of hilly areas where the land slides occurence could not be controlled however it may be restricted by the study of impact assessment realised by the experts opinion while undertaking the massive involvement and excavation of the hill profiles, which must be artificially stopped by the Engineers responsible to protect the road safety measures

STRENGTH OF SOIL MAY BE IMPROVED ON HILL TERRAINS BY PROVIDING B/ WALLS ON THE BASE LINE AND PLANTATION ON THE BATTER PROFILE

Land slides occurence in hilly area has become frequent  due to slopes failure along the uphill sides of roads for which the appropriate ratio of width to height must be maintained as per the classification of soils.The high intensity rain fall is also a reason for the such incidents.It is necessary to protect the safety measures as laid by the study of impact assessment realised by the trends occuring in the upward movement of the soil along the uphill sides of the road if it is increasing frequently the breast walls should be provided on the upper side of the road to protect the base line / width of the road and the portion of the upper profile of the area from where the land slides coming down must be protected by way of the plantation on the area covered by the batter and occurence in the area interfered by the classification of soil.The said land slides are occuring from the decades in many places for which specific consideration should be made and appropriate action plan must be designed on said spots so that area covered under unsafe land slides occurence may be protected by the study of protocol mentioned in the codes of practice for specifications under future plans and escape of the road safety by land slides batter along the uphill sides of roads suggested for the improvement of slopes and strength of soils along the upper side of the road