Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Madurai conducted Manak Manthan – Discussion on Indian Standard IS 14680: 2024 Landslide Control Measures - Guidelines at District Collector Office, Tenkasi on 5th September 2024 under the guidance of Shri A.K. Kamal Kishore IAS, District Collector Tenkasi. 41 participants attended the meeting which was held in physical mode.
The participants represented various officials from State Government Departments such as Agriculture Department, Directorate of Medical & Rural Health Services, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Forest Department, Geology and Mining, Tourism Department, Highway Tamilnadu Road Sector Project, National Highway Authority of India, Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP), Water Resources Department (WRD), Regional Transport office, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD)
IS 14680 : 2024 covers guidelines for selection of various landslide control measures for effectively correcting slope instabilities such as landslides and to reduce landslide occurrences in hill areas. In recent times the landslide problems have considerably increased due to unplanned man-made activities, large-scale construction works and increasing requirements for modern living. Hence, this standard has been formulated with a view to understand the general landslide phenomenon in the hills and their evaluation mainly for planning effective correction measures.
Shri A. K. Kamal Kishore IAS, District Collector Tenkasi delivered the inaugural address. Shri S. Jeyaseelan, District Revenue Officer, Tenkasi attended the meeting. Smt. Hemalatha Panicker, Joint Director, BIS, Madurai presented a brief introduction on core activities of BIS, Standardization, Conformity Assessment Scheme and features of BIS CARE App. An in-depth presentation on the salient features of IS 14680 : 2024 Landslide Control Measures — Guidelines was given by her.
After the presentation a detailed open house discussion was held and several queries regarding the standards were clarified. Participants were also requested to send technical queries/comments pertaining to this Indian Standard by email.