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This paper compares the findings of macrolevel landslide hazard zonation carried out along the highway from Bhalukpong to Bomdila, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh following GSI and BIS guidelines. The map resulted from the GSI guideline shows that 69.31% of the faceted area falls under the Low Hazard Zone (LHZ) while 17.69%, 7.31%, 5.03% and 0.65% of the area are in Moderate Hazard Zone (MHZ), High Hazard Zone (HHZ), Very Low Hazard Zone (VLHZ) and Very High Hazard Zone (VHHZ) respectively. Correlation between the landslide incidences and different hazard zones reveals that maximum failure percentage is in VHHZ and it is followed by HHZ, MHZ and LHZ. The second map resulting from BIS guideline reveals that 45.77% of the faceted area falls under MHZ while 41.39%, 11.52% and 1.29% of the area are in HHZ, LHZ and VHHZ respectively. Not a single facet falls in VLHZ.With regard to failure percentage VHHZ experiences 50%, while that of HHZ, MMH and LHZ is roughly 11.5% each. In the study area, the landslide hazard zonation map resulting from GSI guideline broadly conforms to field condition. It may be due to the fact that the study area is along the road corridor where slope cutting and landslides are very common and GSI guideline considers both the slope cutting and landslide parameters, while it is not so in the case of BIS guidelines. However, a final conclusion can be drawn after carrying out such studies in different geological settings.
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Singh, C.D., Kohli, A. & Kumar, P. Comparison of results of BIS and GSI guidelines on macrolevel landslide hazard zonation — A case study along highway from Bhalukpong to Bomdila, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. J Geol Soc India 83, 688–696 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-014-0101-7
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