Excessive rainfall triggering massive landslides, disrupting road and railway connectivity in the Northeast region brings the issue of landslide risk mitigation to the centre stage of public discourse every time these events occur, but it is soon forgotten once the disaster period is over. Expansion of the highway and railway network has also given rise to the number of landslide events and disruption in the region. This gives rise to the question of whether recommendations for landslide risk mitigation given by experts are strictly followed while undertaking construction or expansion or roads, highways and railways or other construction activities in the hilly regions, or if the challenges have become more complex requiring new solutions. The 'Compendium of Task Force Sub Group Reports on National Landslide Risk Management Strategy' published by the National Disaster Management Authority in 2019 lists a set of recommendations for landslide risks. These include, among others, creation of a state-wise data base of all critical landslides on various important lines of communications at national level. Allocation of resources/fund available for mitigation needs based on criticality and inter se priority among critical landslides has been emphasized. The report flagged a key deficiency and questioned the present engineering practice of relying on fragmentary approaches involving "quick fix treatments of landslides", and claims result in recurrence, year after year, at the very same locations. The set of recommendations include provision of adequate funding through national landslide mitigation and management projects or by one-time funding from the Central Government. The Task Force headed by NDMA member Lt Gen (Retd) NC Marwah cautioned that the answer to face a landslide crisis is not to end up doing patch work of control but to achieve economy and bring speed in implementation by use of modern technology. The report highlights that geotechnical engineering practice is sufficiently advanced to blend the short and long-term recommendations in a design package by taking recourse to the well-established observational method of design and construction. It points out that "many landslides are the result of human actions, which fail to prevent violence against our mountain and river system." The Task Force expressed the view that every major slope failure and landslide generally begins as a minor landslip or small slope movement and can be nipped in the bud. The experts also suggested in the report that by preventing small landslips "at modicum of expenditure, we can prevent future landslide catastrophe." The report concludes that the stabilization of hill slopes and mitigation of landslides is very important and a vital aspect in overall landslide management. The compendium includes study findings, observations and recommendations of six sub-groups on Generation of User-Friendly Landslide Hazard Maps, Development of Landslide Monitoring and Early Warning System, Awareness Programmes, Capacity Building and Training of Stakeholders, Preparation of Mountain Zone Regulations & Policies and on Stabilization and Mitigation of Landslides and Creation of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for Landslide Management. The Task Force cites the example of landslides at Sonapur in Meghalaya to back its argument that permanent solutions to major landslides may appear to be capital intensive and even unaffordable, but in true analysis the benefits will far overweigh the cost. An investment of Rs 11 crore on mitigation of "old perpetual trouble spot" at Sonapur on the National Highway-6 had saved over a period of eight years more than Rs 350 crore of direct/indirect cost of road closure. Fresh landslides at the Sonapur stretch of the NH-6 on Thursday, disrupting traffic between Silchar and Guwahati, raises the question if the trouble spot was regularly monitored for detection of any fresh trigger or if mitigation measures at the trouble spot need to be updated to new requirements. Emphasizing on the role of local residents and the importance of awareness drive among them about landslide risks, the report states that the "locals are the first and probably the best observers of the slow and progressive landslides in and around the place of their inhabitancy," but it may remain unnoticed due to lack of awareness or due to a gap in communication with the authorities concerned. A key recommendation of the Task Force, which calls for urgent attention of the authorities concerned, is developing a seismicity-induced Landslide Early Warning System for Himalayan and North-eastern States as hilly regions in these states coincide with earthquake hazard zones. The recommendations also include undertaking a time-bound national programme for controlling all major landslides and constitution of a national task force to catalogue, study and decide management strategies for all the known problematic landslides in the country in consultation with the State Governments, district administration and the civil society. The compendium presents a comprehensive strategy for landslide risk mitigation articulated by renowned disaster experts. The solutions to landslide problems, therefore, are known and available. The challenge for the Central and State Governments and the local authorities is to demonstrate the will to implement the strategy.