┬áThe slide is a shallow translational soil slide caused due to extensive slope cut for house construction and triggered by incessant rainfall. It is also aided by poor slope forming material comprising of highly weathered ferruginous sandstone (W4).
Kiso, E. and Tariq, Q. A. (2018); MacroScale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Toposheet nos. 83G/5 and 83G/9 in Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao and NGaon districts in Asam and Kohima District in  NGaland . GSI report of FS 201718.
┬áKaccha houses of 3 to 4 in numbers are situated near the crown.
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1. To evacuate and relocate the residents residing in the upslope area. immediately (mainly to be taken up by the respective State Department) 2. Avoid further discharge of any draiNGe outlet. 3. For immediate measure, by covering the affected slope with
1. Poor slope forming material comprising of highly weathered ferruginous sandstone (W4). 2. During rainfall the weak material loses its cohesive strength leading to increase in pore water pressure causing slope failure. 3. Discharge of draiNGe from the