A debris flow occurred at Kairadi-Naalamkooppu on the SW flank of Ayala Mudichi about 2.5 km NW of Kairadi village. The general trend of foliation varies from E-W dipping 35?S to N85?E-S85?W dipping 35?SE. Five sets of joints are discernible in  the area
Report on the recent Landslides in Alathur and Chittur taluks, Palakkad district, Kerala, by C. Muraleedharan & M.N. Praveen,Senior Geologists Thiruvananthapuram. (LHIM_KER_2007_015)
Natural hill slope
Kairadi-Naalaamkooppu_2
Ayala Mudichi
Soil-binding afforestation
Excess pore water pressure