The slide was triggered by the heavy rainfall leading to reduction in shear strength of the rocks and sliding of slope material downslope. In addition, the toe cutting due to nala augmented the scope of mass wasting
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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Bhitalgaon (Kum Gad near the confluence with Kanyal Gad)
Training work required along the left bank of the Kum Gad
Increase in pore water pressure and marked reduction in the shear strength of the slope material