Erosive action along nala and road cutting has augmented the potential vulnerability of slope failure. The slide was triggered as a result of the heavy rainfall which saturated the hill slope material constituted by boulders and cobbles in silty matrix.
Interim report on Preliminary Slope Stability Assessment of Recent Disaster Affected Areas of Bageshwar District, Uttarakhand by Manoj Kumar Kaistha, Sr. Geologist; Ravi Negi & Sebabrata Das, Geologists and P.V.S. Rawat, Superintending Geologist, M-IV, N
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Right Bank of Mehar Gad
Retaining wall below road and breast wall along the toe of slope above the road cutting is required. Adequate drainage arrangement has to be made.
Unconsolidated slope material.