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Landslides at Karwar, October 2009 : Causes and Remedial Measures
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Sl.No Content Page Number
1 Executive Summary 1
2 Section 1:  Landslides – Introduction 9
3 Section 2: Landslides at Karwar, October 2009 16
4 Section 3: Vegetation and Landslides 34
5 Section 4: Landslide and geology factors 45
6 Section 5: Rainfall:  Triggering  Factor for Slope Failures 51
7 Section 6: Prevention and Management of landslides 61
8 References 67
9 Annexure I: Report of the Department of Mines and Geology 70
10 Annexure II: Report of GSI 73
11 Annexure III: Report by Dr. V S Hegde, SDM CE 91
12 Annexure IV: Report by Dr. V N Nayak, DOS Marine Biology, Karwar 97
13 Annexure V: Report by B.K. Dikshit, IFS, Conservator of Forests (Research) 99
14 Annexure VI: Land cover Assessment – Uttara Kannada District 102

Acknowledgement:

We are grateful to  Sri.Gokul, IFS for arranging logistics during the field visit. We thank Mr. G R Rao, Vishnu Mukri and Mr.Pradeep Bhat (for the assistance in vegetation mapping), Mr.Karthick B and Dr.Prakash Mesta (for assisting in GIS analysis) and Mr.Boominathan (cover page design and layout).