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Saiha town experienced transverse cracks after continuous heavy rainfall on June 2002. Again, long monsoon in 2010 caused slumping in Saiha town. The slumping localities suffered mass movement after cloud burst on the 16th and 17th May 1995. Prominent transverse cracks and local faults were observed on October 2010 at the rupture surface of slumping localities namely New Colony-I, New Colony-III, College Veng and Council Veng, Saiha. About 310 houses were affected. The geological field investigations revealed that the nature of transverse cracks and structure of the slumping area.
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The author express appreciate to the authorities of Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) for funding field investigation surveys and to the local people of the study area for helping in field works.
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Laldinpuia (2014).
Geological Investigation of Slumping Localities in Saiha Town, Southern Mizoram, North-East India.
In: Sassa, K., Canuti, P., Yin, Y. (eds) Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04996-0_62
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