Though the slide is a small slide, due to the extremely rapid rate of movement and the time at which it occurred i.e. 6:30 pm which is dinner time for most families in Mizoram, it has taken the lives of 10 people.
Lunglawn landslide
LunglawnVeng, SE of Lunglei town.
A retention wall (Fig. 3) with proper weep holes has to be constructed at the toe of the landslide which will restrict the further movement of the slope material. The wall should be founded over hard bedrock. Dimension (L * W * H) = 20m * 1.5m * 3m. Line
The bedrock (Shale) is highly weathered wherein nearly 2 meters thick soil has developed on gentler slopes above the crown (Photo 3). The dip of the bedrock is 40Γü░ towards southeast direction which is also the direction of the slope. (Photo 4). The