Landslides

LANDSLIDES
  • The moving down of coherent rock of soil mass due to gravitation is called landslide. The sudden rockslides are more dangerous then slow landslips.

Landslide

Causes

  • Human activities like hydroelectric Projects, dams, construction of roads, railway lines, mines and deforestation cause landslides.

Mitigation

  • Landslides can be minimized by stabilizing the slopes by adopting the following measures:
  • Afforestation in vulnerable areas so that vegetation consolidates the slope materials and provides cohesion with the help of root and also retards water flow and erosion.
  • Providing slope supported by wired stone blocks.
  • Providing concrete support at the base of slope.
  • Draining the surface and subsurface water.
Last modified: Thursday, 4 August 2011, 9:22 AM