Observing the nature of movement, rapidity and material moved, this landslide can also be termed as rock fall/slide, which are quite common mostly in higher altitude areas of the Himalayas. During the active movement of this landslide, the failing landsl
Rill Erosion of the slope also noticed. Since during the present site visit, the landslide was active and movement of material was going on intermittently, thus, close observation of its zone of depletion area can be planned at later stage. Initiated at
Pachey landslide near Pakyong Town
Pakyong-Machong Road near Pakyong
Since the landslide is still active and intermittent movement of rock material is also observed, the entire zone of accumulation area needs further investigation for the formulation of relevant mitigative measures. Further, the landslide is likely to reo
The tentative geoscientific reasons of this landslide as observed could be i) wedge failure, ii)  heavy rainfall, iii) local shearing/ fracturing rendering poor quality of rock mass, iv) pore water pressure developed in open fracture surface v) steeper s