The study of multi-temporal images of google earth reveals that the landslide in the area first occurred after the year 2014 and the
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slidematerial has shifted the river course towards the left bank which in turn has triggered a debris slide
Hathi Parvat Slide
NH-58, About 1km upstream of Marwari bridge on Alaknanda River
1. Removal of overhangs and precarious rock blocks on the slope.
2. Rock bolts of adequate length (as per design specification) to stitch the jointed rock mass. Rock bolts should be inserted at the right angle to the foliation joints and valley dipping j
1. Rainfall and uncontrolled blasting, unplanned and un- designed road widening activities without any immediate and proper slope protection measures have loosened the rock mass and reduced its shearing strength which accentuated the failure during first