Rock slide documented along the Bameng-Tayung road, failure caused due to weak sfm , triggered by heavy rainfall.
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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Bameng-Tayung road section slide-2
Bameng-Tayung Road
Construction of breast wall with adequate weep holes at the toe along the entire width of the slide portion.
High weathering of rocks coupled with toe removal by slope cutting for road widening. These highly weathered rocks form weak slope forming material and get saturated by surface water flow from upslope.