The affected area is a shallow translational soil slide caused due to slope cut triggered by incessant rainfall. Other chief causative factors include poor slope forming material comprising of insitu (sandysilt) soil and improper maintenance of draiNGe o
Kiso, E. and Tariq, Q. A. (2018); MacroScale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Toposheet nos. 83G/5 and 83G/9 in Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao and NGaon districts in Asam and Kohima District in  NGaland . GSI report of FS 201718.
This road acts as the connectivity link between Diphu and Dimapur via Dhansiri.
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DiphuDimapur road
1. Slope easing. 2. Maintenance of hillside drains along road.
1. Slope cut for road. 2. Poor slope forming material comprising of highly weathered ferruginous sandstone (W4). 3. During rainfall the weak material loses its cohesive strength leading to increase in pore water pressure causing slope failure.