The affected area dominantly comprises weak overburden material. Toe cutting of slope for road construction without proper slope protection further destabilized the slope. Oversaturation of these materials during incessant rainfall reduced the shear stre
Lemdur, K. and Kikon, A. (2018); MacroScale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Toposheet nos. 83G/6 and 83G/7 in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts in Asam, Kohima District of NGaland and West MNipur distrcit of MNipur. GSI report of FS 2
Minor landslide.
Nchen–Ngaulong slide No.3
Nchen–Ngaulong road section.
1. Planting of deep fibrous rooted plants on the crown portion of slope.
2. Construction and timely maintenance of lined hillside draiNGe system.

1. Slope cut. 
2. Weak overburden materialΓÇô weathered and fragmented rock with thin sandy insitu soil cover.
3. Porewater pressure development.
4. Reduction of strength on oversaturation due to incessant rainfall.
