Abstract:North Sikkim Road Corridor in Sikkim Himalayas is characterized by fine-grained, less permeable earth material and is thus vulnerable to landslides. Mantam is one of the new and active massive rock-cum-debris slides, initiated during the rainy season of 2016.In the Himalayan foot-hills, rainfall precipitation is a major triggering factor for the incidence of landslides. There is no previous study of the rain-induced landslide in the region with geospatial analysis of landslide data and application of rainfall … Show more
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