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Human settlements affected by flash flood in state of Uttarakhand in June 2013, (a) Destruction of tourism infrastructure built over river bed (b) Buildings in steep hill slope in danger due to flash flood induced river bank erosion
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Many " Run of the River " projects in the North West part of Himalaya have been frequented by " Cloud Burst " induced flash flood in since 2009, which is primarily attributed to climate variability and land use pattern changes due to unregulated developmental perspectives against the rising demand of tourist related establishments. Given the ageing...
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... damage potential of flash floods is confined to the direct neighbourhood of the river (Figure 3), where the total damage usually is not very extensive in spite of the high flow velocity. The individual damage to structures or persons in such floods is very high. ...
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... of rubble masonry is a routine practice in the hill roads ( Figure 12a) and vulnerability of such type of protection measures especially during heavy rainfall requires no special mention. However, typical soil nailing option as shown in Figure 12b or for some of the ongoing National Highways construction in the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh, where massive rouble masonry wall constructions are followed (Figure 13a), application of nailing technique followed elsewhere (Fig. 13b), can be adopted for the reconstruction hill slopes ravaged the flash flood in Uttarakhand. ...
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... during heavy rainfall requires no special mention. However, typical soil nailing option as shown in Figure 12b or for some of the ongoing National Highways construction in the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh, where massive rouble masonry wall constructions are followed (Figure 13a), application of nailing technique followed elsewhere (Fig. 13b), can be adopted for the reconstruction hill slopes ravaged the flash flood in ...
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