Landslides cause major infrastructure damages and deaths globally. According to an estimate, more than 5,000 people are buried alive under landslides with economic losses of more than INR 26,000 crores suffered every year globally. India tops the global landslide list. Landslides cause more than INR 1000 crores/year in economic losses and more than 1000 deaths/year in India. Due to landslides, average losses in Himachal Pradesh alone cost more than INR 550 crores per year and cause more than 200 deaths per year. Given the catastrophic effect of landslides on life and property, Intiot Services Pvt. Ltd. (iIoTs), a company incubated by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi’s technology incubator Catalyst, is at the forefront of developing a patented low-cost system for sensing and warning against landslide disasters. This inexpensive system is installed in landslide-prone areas for remote IoT-based monitoring of weather parameters, soil movements, and soil properties. The system senses significant soil movement and warns vehicular traffic via traffic signals at the landslide site as well as advises people living in the vicinity of the site via SMSes. The sensed weather and

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