The workshop is co-directed by Aoudia, Roger Bilham (University of Colorado, USA) and Bishal Upreti (Tribhuvan University, Nepal).

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For this reason, Mr Bilham wants to gather evidence as quickly as he can before rain or earth-slips obliterate it.

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According to Dr Bilham and Dr Gaur, they have been taken much too far and Gujarat is a case in point.

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