| Occurrence of Sedimentary Mottled Clay in Baldakhal
and Champamura Hills, near Agartala, Tripura State. |
Dr. S, Deb.
Pages : 123-133
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1952.10877571 |
| Abstract |
| Cream-coLmred highly plastic clayey sediments together
with a variety of clay, pinkish in colour and contaminated with
iron-oxide, occurs in the neighbourhood of Baldakhal and
Champamura hills, situJted at a distance of three and a half miles
S. E. of Agartala, the C::tpital of Tripura State. The outcrops
of the clay deposits are found usually at the base of the low
hill-ranges which run in a North-South direction, just after the
College Tillah on the southern bank of the river Howrah.
These hills are discontinuous and are cut off from one another
by broad and deep valleys. The road which connects Agartala
with old Agartala, runs at a distance of about l- to ~ a mile to
the East of the deposits. There is a kacha road connecting
this village road to the area where the deposits occur. The
river Howrah which passes through the area flowing north of
the deposits, at a distance of about half a mile, is navigable
throughout the year. It is possible to transport materials by
this river in case a washing plant and a pottery works are
erected in this area. The nearest Railway station is Akhaura,
situated at a distance of about 8 to 10 miles from this area
and the road leading to Agartala from this region is motorable
throughout the year. |
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