Union Minister of Mines G Kishan Reddy said the Geological Survey of India, GSI will give forecasts on landslides from Saturday in Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal and Nilgiri in Tamilnadu. The landslide forecast system will be available all over India by 2030.

The minister inaugurated the landslide forecast system in Kolkata on Friday. The forecast will be generated by the GSI and will be transmitted to the state government, which will then disseminate it to the district administration for spreading the information among the people. Total 36 centres which are land-slide prone will be covered by the landslide forecast system. Mr Reddy also inaugurated a portal and mobile app related to landslides.