Slope Stability Analysis and Mitigation for Landslide Hazards along Mughal Road in Kashmir Valley, Northwestern Himalayas

Owais Ul Hassan*, Danish Bashir**, Tajamul Islam***
*-*** Department of Civil Engineering, SSM College of Engineering, Srinagar, India.
Periodicity:December - February'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.1.17834

Abstract

Landslides are one of the major natural hazards that are experienced in hilly terrains all over the world and Himalayas are no exception to this. Though primarily attributed to natural causes, landslides are increasing in frequency and magnitude due to anthropogenic disturbances. This has resulted in enormous damage to both life and property. Hence, identification of landslide prone areas is essential for safer strategic planning of future developmental activities. Slope stability analysis with steepest slopes is an ever increasing research field. This paper describes the investigations carried out on a major potential landslide site of 52 m at Hirpora stretch of Mughal Road National Highway 144. There were a lot of failure surfaces, however, geotechnical analysis has been carried on a slope on the verge of failure with major susceptibility to failure. The analysis has been carried by Fellinius method and later cross checked with the results of Morgenstern-Price solution carried out by Geostudio Geoslope software. Thus evaluation of slope stability has been carried out for suggesting appropriate mitigation measures and hence the severe landslide susceptible sites can be stabilized. Adopting effective engineering mitigation techniques may help the decision makers to choose the appropriate strategies to minimize the landslide hazard.

Keywords

Landslide, Slope Stability, Mughal Road, Geoslope, Susceptibility.

How to Cite this Article?

Hassan, O. U., Bashir, D., and Islam, T. (2021). Slope Stability Analysis and Mitigation for Landslide Hazards along Mughal Road in Kashmir Valley, Northwestern Himalayas. i-manager's Journal on Civil Engineering, 11(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.1.17834

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