The rock slide occurred due to wedge failure and the exposed rock beds dip and slope towards valley side. The weathered rock material is unstable along the extensive slope cut.
Ramesh Guguloth, Neethu Alpho Joseph, 2022, Remote Sensing based Macro-scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in Toposheets 83M/4, 8,12,15,16; 83N/01, 2, 5, 6, 9,13; 92A/03, 4, 6, 7, 11,14,15,16; 92E/02, 3 & 4 covering  parts of Tirap, Changan
NIL
1.2km W of Simran New Thamlom
Changlang-Margherita road (NH-215)
1. Removal of slided material on the road side.2. Scaling of precariously occurring loose material on the upper part of the slope.
1. Intercalation of shale and jointed sandstone of Barail Group. 2.Wedge failure due to intersection of joints (S0:N20oW/25oNE, J1:N-S/69oW)