Due to heavy rain in the area, debris mass got saturated. Plane of weakness formed at the interface of in-situ rock and overburden mass which aggravated due to the hill cutting at steeper angle for road formation. Downward movement recorded along the joi
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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About 200 m upstream of GSI hot spring.
Breast wall with lined toe drain, improvement of drainage network, geo-jute with mulching of suitable plants.
Heavy precipitation resulting in saturation of overburden, plain of weakness developed at the interface of in-situ rock and overburden.