Landslide Killing Himalayas: Collective Study on Causal Factors and Possible Remedies

Abstract

Soil is naturally available material used for construction all over the world. When this material available in form of natural slope can cause landslide. Purpose of this study is to understand behavior of different causal factor of landslide at Himachal Pradesh and then suggest some remedial measure. To fulfill this, aim five-year data of precipitation for every district is collected from metrological department and analyzed. Data of earthquake activities is also collected. Work done by different author in this area is analyzed thoroughly. It is found that the change in climatic conditions such as increase in precipitation over years, earthquakes and anthropogenic interference has increased the landslide susceptibility of area. Remedial measure suggested as use of landslide susceptibility zonation map future land use pattern, use of advance technology like soil nail and gabion wall and use of numerical modeling to analyze slope stability.

Perlis State Soil Series: Plant Available Water, Field Capacity, Permanent Wilting Point, and its Uncertainty

“…Water ponding [5] and probable water pollution in groundwater due to pollutant transfer by dissolving herbicides/pesticides and fertilizers [6] could result from an excessive supply of water to soil. In fact, supplying excessive amount of water into the soil could result in landslide [7]. Inadequate water irrigation may result in lower crop output or, in the worst-case scenario, crop collapse [8].…”