Rock slide documented along Pachhi- Pakke road section, caused due to the high degree of weathering of rocks coupled with daylighting of adverse orientation of geological discontinuities due to steep slope cut.
Mohanty, A., and Joshi, K., 2021: Remote sensing based macro scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in toposheets 82D/12, D/15, D/16, 82H/3, H/4, H/6, H/7, H/10, 83A/1, A/5, A/6, A/9, A/10, A/13, A/14 and 83E/1 covering parts of Tawang, West K
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Pakke road section slide-1
Pachhi-Pakke road section
Drainage channel can be provided to divert undesirable surface or subsurface flows from the problematic areas. Clearing of debris and construction of lined hillside drainage. Construction of suitable height breast wall all along the affected zone with ad
Presence of joints and weak schistosity planes in the rock that act as releasing plane. Oversaturation of the highly weathered and loose material resting on the steep unstable slope