Continuous and heavy rainfall in the catchment area resulted in significant increase in the discharge of Bhuindar Ganga. This led to toe erosion by the Bhuindar Ganga and saturated debris mass fell downslope.

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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Between Pulna and Bhuindar village
Removal of overhangs, toe protection upto HFL, slope dressing by benches, training of perennial nala, realignment of the track through forest area.
Heavy rainfall in catchment of Bhuindar River caused flash flood and toe erosion on right bank. Heavy rainfall also saturated the terrace and colluvial material causing loss of shear atrength.