Direction: There has been a (122) change in people’s (123) towards and awareness (124) the environment. People are more (125) about the (126) condition of their environment. Land in all societies is subjected to (127) usage, viz. crop production, forest cover, grassland, urbanisation and industrialisation etc. During the last five decades (128) developmental activities have taken place. Slope failure and (129) of soil due to such (130) are (131) environmental hazards.