Landslides at Karwar, October 2009 : Causes and Remedial Measures

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).