Shirzad Najafi: 756 villages in Lorestan are facing the risk of landslides
Shirzad Najafi, Director General of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Lorestan, stated that 756 villages in Lorestan are at risk of landslides. Most of these villages are located in the counties of Delfan, Khorramabad, and Aligudarz.
He told Mehr News Agency that being located in the central belt of the Zagros, the unique geological conditions, and severe land use changes have created a high potential for environmental hazards such as earthquakes, floods, and landslides in Lorestan. Najafi said that so far, more than 2,980 landslide points have been identified in the form of individual landslides or landslide zones.
Expressing concern for more than 218 villages that have been directly built on landslide areas, Najafi said that if a 100-meter zone around landslide areas is considered a danger zone, the number of villages at risk would exceed 756.
He said that due to land use changes, including the establishment of orchards, traditional irrigation, and road construction, many naturally stabilized and inactive landslide areas have been reactivated. This issue makes many rural areas built on these lands practically uninhabitable, necessitating urgent relocation measures for these areas.