Due to heavy rainfall in the catchment area there was a significant increase in the discharge of  Dhauli Ganga river. Swollen river had cut the toe of the slide. Heavy precipitation caused saturation of the overburden mass leading to reduction in shear s
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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Near Iron bridge, 1 km NE of Bapkund.
Concrete retaining wall, breast wall, benches for slope modification, providing lined drains for surface run off.
Heavy precipitation, toe cutting by Alakananda River, cutting of hill slope at higher angle during road widening.