On 15th August 2018, 14 hrs noon, a rock cum debris flow occured at Mettipadam due to  heavy rainfall for past 3 days, having 60 m length, 25 to 30 m width and 800 m run out distance. The geo-scientific cause of the slide was  increase in pore water pres
1 water tank is damaged, 2 houses are located within 50 m limit of the right side of the flow path.
Mettipadam Slide
Mettipadam
Unstable debris material on the upslope as well as along the slide course needs to be removed, A buffer zone should be made along the stream and settlement should be allowed on the near vicinity of the slide course.
Due to heavy rainfall for 3 days, there was increase in pore water pressure and decrease in shear strength of the material upslope of the slide resulting in heavy discharge along the first seasonal streams/nalas.