The area exposes highly sheared and jointed rock mass. Heavy rainfall caused  saturation of the debris material which resulted in loss of cohesion and inter friction angle. Also, slope was vulnerable because of  toe cutting at steeper angle during road w
An Interim Report on Preliminary  Geological  Slope Stability Assessment of the Recent Disaster Affected Areas in Parts of Chamoli District, Uttarakhand by Bhupendra Singh, Bhupender Singh, Ajay Kumar and Arindam Roy, Senior Geologists, M-IV, NR GSI Dehr
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East of Chulakot, road section along left bank of Pindar river.
Diversion of surface run off, breast wall with weep holes, slope modification by benching, retaining wall.
Heavy rainfall in the area for 3-4 days caused saturation leading to reduction in shear strength of slope material, road cutting at steep angle.