STUDY TEAM:

B.RAJASEKHARAN
(Collegiate Education, Kerala)
E.J.KOSHY
(Petrologist, IRE)
SURAMONIA IYER (ONGC)
VIJAYAKUMARAN NAIR (KWA)
NIDHIKUTTAN (KSEB)
DR.THRIVIKRAMJI (PI) retired
Neyar has two zones of nick points rocky floor
Primary structures in past river channel fill.
Shoulders like this in background are
common in active channels
Slumped river bank due to
undercutting
Confluence of a left bank tributary-view upstream
Rocky slope in the background at a channel bend
Another view of a rocky riffle floor and a pool
Close up of a hill with a rocky cap.
Lower order tributaries are often in edge of cultivated valleys
Sand borrowing for construction is a common practice.
Terraced flood plains are planted with coconut
Dry tributary floor view down stream
Aruvippuram, note the cascading flow- a nick point
Down stream view at Aruvipuram nick point
Our team at reconnaissance work
Cow break
Buried log recovered from river bed
Closer view of recovering the log
Enjoying a beedi break
A day off from school for these kids
Flood plain mud is used to make red bricks- step one here
Team at preliminary walking in the study area
A older slump of the river shore-
Very recent slump on the left bank
Western ghats and the pediment
Cultivated foot slope and the valley
A rapid in a left bank
tributary descending
down a rocky hill
Rush of water down is an enchanting view
Closely spaced 2 sets of fractures in basement rock
Team at a dirty walk in river bed- down stream
Neyyar at a river bend
Mud mining pit near red brick yard
Abandoned mud pit- a heaven for vectors
Senseless removal river bed sand threatening a bridge pier
Piled sand along the river shore under shadow of the
bridge deck
 THIS STUDY RECOMMENDED
a. there is over removal of sand from the
channel than the arrivals.
b. alternatively sand for construction industry
needs to be manufactured.
c. red brick making deformed the flood
plains beyond repair.
d. the aquifer capacity as well as quality will
be affected if the a and c are allowed to
continue.
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