Bangladesh is prone to different types of geological, hydrological, and meteorological hazards – landslides are just one of them. Landslides mainly occur in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, which is also called the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Landslides mainly occur in monsoon time, and are primarily due to factors such as cutting hills, high slopes, certain degrees of elevation from the sea level, and slope saturation. As people also live in these hilly areas, landslides can be incredibly deadly, as was the case in 2017, when many people died due to multiple landslide events. As such, it is important that we have the ability to model and predict the highly susceptible zones so that lives can be saved and injuries can be prevented.
The Institute of Remote Sensing, Jahangirnagar University (IRS-JU), arranged a field trip to the CHT in November...