Slope failure was initiated due to road cutting and due to heavy rainfall and consequent rill erosion the debris material slided downslope and spread over the road
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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300 m north of Slide 32
Masonry retaining wall
Rill erosion led to the failure of highly jointed and splintery nature of the slates