Ílion Why in news? buy disulfiram over counter According to ISRO, Rudraprayag and Tehri districts in Uttarakhand have the highest landslide density and landslide risk exposure in the country.

Highlights:

• The two hilly districts of the Himalayan state figure at the top of a table published as part of the Landslide Atlas of India by Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre on the basis of satellite data inputs provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
• The famous Kedarnath temple is located in Rudraprayag.
• It was the epicentre of a massive natural disaster that killed thousands in June 2013.
• The report says all 13 districts of Uttarakhand are among the 147 most landslide-affected districts in the country.

About Rudraprayag

• It is located in the state of Uttarkhand
• Rudraprayag is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River, the point of confluence of rivers Alaknanda and Mandakini.
• It lies on national highway NH58 that connects Delhi with Badrinath and Mana Pass in Uttarakhand near the Indo-Tibet border.