The landslide was initiated by heavy precipitation. The rock mass in the slope got shattered and became loose due to the blasting for road cutting. The ingress of water along the fractures and open joints caused drastic reduction in the shear strength of
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 Revti Ganga River.
Wire crates are required as retaining wall on the valley side of the road with adequate sub surface drainage.
Reduced shear strength due to folded and crumpled nature of rocks.