On 14th  June 2018 a huge landslide occurred at Karinchola mala in Kattipara Panchayat resulted in the death of 14 people along with huge property loss. The landslide initiated as a planar failure and then transformed to debris flow along four runout chu
Vertical rock cut observed below the crown area may have disturbed the toe which is inferred as one of the causative factors. The depression made by this rock cut to hold huge amount of water at that level which may have breached due to the impact of hug
Karinchola mala slide
Punur ΓÇô Kattipara road
The precarious boulders of different dimensions (Details of prominent precarious boulders are given in the note) present along the slide plane are to be removed immediately. Debris material along the naturally occurring nala on the right flank of the lan
Landslide initiated as planar failure at the contact between rock and overburden in the form of debris slide and then transformed into debris flow along four runout chutes. Unscientific hill slope modification resulted in the removal of toe support. Exce