The road cutting has loosened the rock blocks which on saturation have slid down along with the overburden material with the local patches of vegetation.
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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1 km short of Dwari
A 2 m high breast wall with weep holes. A stepped Retaining wall on valley side of the road upto 4-5 m down the road level. Nala require catch drain and subsurface drainage below the road. A pucca contour drain is required along the road.
Increase in pore water pressure and reduction in the shear trength of the slope material.