Organized Assessment of Landslide Vulnerability in the Swala Area along Kumaon Champawat Highway

This study is based on the landslide-prone Champawat district of Kumaon division in Uttarakhand, India. This disaster refers to an unstable mountain prone to landslides. The site of the landslide is located on Champawat NH-09 in the Swala region, which passes through several villages. This place is known as the Tanakpur-Champawat-Pithoragarh highway. The study provides the persistent landslide vulnerability perspective of the Swala area. This study considers legal aspects and various case analysis articles. A detailed explanation of the environmental conditions and human challenges of Swala has been provided to understand the ground-level problems of the landslide. The analysis addresses environmental impacts, economic destruction, loss of biodiversity, and road and infrastructure damage. This research has examined many landslides year after year through newspaper reports and data so that landslide risks can be mitigated through early warning systems and better infrastructure.