(a) whether Government’s attention has been drawn to the practice of hill cutting which is so rampant in Assam and other States in the North East which poses a serious threat to the local inhabitants;
(b) if so, whether any study about degradation of the soil and the siesmic and other dangers posed to the habitations thereby has been conducted;
(c) if so, the details indicating the outcome of the study; and
(d) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to avert the resultant calamities?