An incessant heavy rainfall of the magnitude varies from 136 mm to 358 mm during the early hours of 1st July 2015 triggered numerous landslides in Kurseong and Kalimpong subdivisions in Darjeeling District, West Bengal. Due to this major landslide event
Road subsidence due to slope failure of fill material and protection measures has already been taken as building up of retaining wall
Slide near Basua Village
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Drainage network and retaining wall
Piping of fill material due to high sub-surface run-off.