The heavy rainfall oversaturated the slope material and triggered the movement of weathered rock mass and 2 m thick debris cover downslope. Fallen blocks of up to 1 m thick dimension often block the road.
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 is required. The water of the nala flowing in the vicinity of the slide need to be trained through a catch drain and should be conveyed below the road through suitable dia drain pipe.
Reduction in shear strength of the road consequent  gradual failure of the rockmass along the joint planes which is probably weakened by the blasting effect for road cutting.