The Yamnotri slide located 300m upstream of Yamnotri temple of Uttarkashi triggered due to heavy rainfall. It¿s an old slide that reactivated on June 2013 causing threat to Yamnotri Shrine. The slide first initiated in year 2004 and since then it gets r
Interim Report on Preliminary Slope Stability Assessment of the recent disaster affected areas of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand by D.P.Dangwal, Sr.Geol., Neetu Chauhan, Mayukhee & T. Ghosh, Geologists, M-IV, NR, Dehradun, (LHZ/NR/UPUK/2013/053)
Damage Yamnotri shrine
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NH-134, Yamnotri slide
Construction of RCC wall upto 5m height,,Wiremesh with deep nailing above the temple, construction of check bund, dredging of debris from Triveni point
Reduction in shear strength; Planar/wedge failure, steep slope angle