Date - November 15, 2018
A Five Point Call to Action on the twin landslide in Jomda and Palyul that blocked Drichu on October 11, 2018 and November 3, 2018.
A Five Point Call to Action on the twin landslide in Jomda and Palyul that blocked Drichu on October 11, 2018 and November 3, 2018.
1.
A thorough and transparent scientific investigation
into the real cause or the factors that could have led to the two consecutive
major landslides in the Bolu Township on Jomda and Palyul region of eastern
Tibet must be carried out. Preventive measure should be put up in place to
prevent any reoccurrence of such landslides in the region as well as other
parts of Tibet.
2.
Hundreds of thousands people temporarily displaced due
to damage to their homes should be given utmost support to, fully and quickly,
recover from the tragedy and rebuilt their homes.
3.
A proper disaster response mechanism should be set
up across Tibet to swiftly respond to any natural disasters, such action could
minimize loss of life and damage to property
4.
A review on the mode of development activities
across Tibet should be carried out to ascertain if excessive mining, construction
of dams, roads and tunneling through mountains could have triggered any of the
recent landslides and exacerbated negative impact of rising temperature on the
plateau.
5. We are extremely
disappointed and surprised at the slow and weak response to the second
landslide. The first heavy machine to remove earth from the landslide arrived
on the site only on the 6th day of the tragedy, and took another 5 days to
release water from the barrier lake as the scale of the landslide was utterly
disproportionate to the scale of response the Chinese government put in.