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Fagla  landslide  at  a distance  of 160  km  from  Jammu,  very  near to  Ramban  area,  national  highway  –IA,  is  one of  the  notorious  landslides  in  J  &  K.  Among  many  other  c auses,  such  as  deforestation,   high  re lief  bri ttle nature  of  rocks,  the  main  cause  of  landslide  revealed  from  field  investigation  is  great  water  ingress  present in  the  rocks  in  the  form  of  springs,  nallas  and  water  falls.  The  problem  gets  compounded  during  excessive rains  –  when  phyllite  salty  rocks  develop  shear  joints  resulting  in  breaking  apart  big  rock  blocks  from  the main  mass  turning  in to  huge  scree  material  and  finally  getting  accumulated  on  the  road.  For  mitigation  of the  sli de,  proper  disposal  of  ru n  off  by  digging  well s an d  connec ting  the  same  to  the  hori zontals  tunn els readily(Tunake  model)  as applied  in kamenose  landslide  in  Japan  successfully,  is suggested  for Fagla  landslide, the  only  strengthened  by anchoring  at  vulnerable  ponts,  An  adequate  forest  cover  in  the  water  shed  areas  of the  landslide  site  from  Rambvan  to  Anokhi  fall  together  with  growing  vetiver  grass  in  the  whole  belt  in  the northeast  are  other  methods  suggeste d  to  control  the  sli de  successfully.

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Mitigation Fagla landslide Ramban area Jammu and Kashmir State

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Fotedar, A., Verma, R. K., Fotedar, B., & Tikoo, V. (2007). Studies pertaining to environmental degradation caused by Fagla Landslide, Ramban area, Jammu and Kashmir State. Environment Conservation Journal, 8(3), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2007.080321
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