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Rainfall-induced Landslide in the Lesser Himalaya: A Case Study of the Pallotari Landslide, Lamjung, Central-West Nepal

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  • Basant Bhandari

    (Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Krishna Chandra Devkota

    (Gandaki Provincial Policy and Planning Commission, Kaski, Nepal)

  • Chhabilal Pokhrel

    (Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal)

  • Indra Lamsal

    (Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal)

Abstract

The Pallotari area, located in the Marsyangdi Rural Municipality, Lamjung, central-west Nepal, within the Lesser Himalaya, was impacted by a series of rainfall-induced landslides in July 2020. This study focuses on the Pallotari landslide, one of the major landslides in the area. Geological and engineering geological studies were performed to identify the causes of this landslide, and its impacts to the local community. Our results indicate the major causative factors to be intensive rainfall, steep topography with loose colluvial soil, and some anthropogenic activities such as the construction of the rural roads through the crown area. The study area still has hanging colluvial material on the crown as well as on the left flank of the landslide, and the numerical model for slope stability analysis indicates it to be unstable even in the unsaturated condition. The colluvial material in the middle portion of the landslide also has the risk of failure in the saturation condition which can be due to intensive rainfall. However, the rock slope stability analysis using the kinematic analysis does not show any contribution to the orientation of discontinuities on the slope failure. The presence of several transverse and longitudinal cracks in the surrounding of the landslide are signs of future failure.

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  • Basant Bhandari & Krishna Chandra Devkota & Chhabilal Pokhrel & Indra Lamsal, 2024. "Rainfall-induced Landslide in the Lesser Himalaya: A Case Study of the Pallotari Landslide, Lamjung, Central-West Nepal," Journal of Development Innovations, KarmaQuest International, vol. 8(1), pages 18-35, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kqi:journl:2024-06-1-2
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    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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