Heavy precipitation and ingress of water in the fractures of the calcrete caused the detachment of large blocks at places along with the trees
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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650 m NW of Jhopra village
Masonry breast wall to be provided
Heavy precipitation resulted in increased water pressure in the fractured calcrete causing abrupt decrease in the shear strength parameters