The excavation and blasting for the track seem to be the factor responsible for the fracturing and shattering of the dolomitic rockmass which eventually initiated the slide when the fractured rockmass got saturated in the event of heavy or sustained prec
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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Left bank of Kanal Gad
Left bank protection is required in the form of  a series of  wire crates spurs to prevent the toe erosion
Shattered rockmass near the crown due to road blasting and further damage to downslope by rolling debris