Gogoi, D, Kavitha, S, Kumar, P. S (2016). Macro-scale landslide susceptibility mapping in parts of 78B/1, 5, 9, 13 and 78A/16, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts, West Bengal
Panighata Slide
Right bank of Balason River
Hill ward cutting to accommodate road bench, construction of sausage and breast walls and hill side drains. As these measures could not bring stability a new alignment provided to by pass the slide zone.
Highly weathered and sheared rock mass with adverse orientation of structural planes after saturation loose its strength and initiates sliding