Landslide & Slope Stability Research

LRRMD carries out applied research on landslides disaster management and constantly improves her expertise in landslide hazard identification, risk evaluation, appropriate construction and land use practices, cost effective mitigation measures and real time landslide early warning and forecasting.
Current research projects

• Evaluating the hazard situation caused by the karst subsurface conditions at Vijaya Srigama village, Digana, Kandy.
• Evaluation of presently applied design criteria and mitigation measures for Sri Lankan landslides and selection of most suitable design by modelling.
• Applicability of relative weightages of existing landslide hazard zonation methodology for different terrain conditions of Sri Lanka.
• Setting of standard rainfall for Early Warning System (EWS) considering past landslide incidences in Sri Lanka with reference to 24hrs working rainfall.
• Contribution of geological structural orientation on cut slope failures along roads in mountainous terrain.
• Finding the cause of land subsidence in limestone terrain of Achchuweli area, Jaffna.