Continuous rainfall may have increased the pore water pressure in the thick overburden which is exposed on the vertical slope. Increase of the water level in the channel which leads to toe cut/ scouring by the stream. Initiation of the slide was in 2006.
Reghu, R. and Senthilkumar, K., 2020. Macro-scale (1:50,000) Landslide susceptibility mapping in parts of Toposheet nos.Toposheets nos. 48O01, 48O05 and 48N08, Shimoga and Chikmagalur district, Karnataka. Unpublished GSI report.
Easing of the slope and construction of channel wall. During monsoon season red alert to be given in this area and monitoring to be done continuously.
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Easing of the slope and construction of channel wall. During monsoon season red alert to be given in this area and monitoring to be done continuously.
The highly weathered laterites get saturated and failed.