Summary:
Those that had soil piping were in areas that had trees like Acacia,” said M A Sudheer Babu, soil conservation officer, Thrissur. KOCHI: Against the backdrop of recent natural calamities, scientists and soil experts are mooting bamboo cultivation to check landslides, mud slips and soil piping. “In North-east India and in the Himalayan foothills of Sivalik range of mountains, bamboos have played a major stabilizing role. Bamboo plantations can act as a natural buffer that conserves the soil when such disasters strike. It is effective for brackish waters and can check coastal inundation.The flooding of river in Palakkad resulted in property loss and human casualty..