Slope Mass Rating Around Malekhu-Thopal Khola Corrider, Malekhu, Central Nepal Lesser Himalaya

Jaya Laxmi Singh; Naresh Kazi Tamrakar

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Slope Mass Rating Around Malekhu-Thopal Khola Corrider, Malekhu, Central Nepal Lesser Himalaya

Jaya Laxmi Singh, Naresh Kazi Tamrakar

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Received: 29 October 2016 Accepted: 2 December 2016 Published: 20 January 2017

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The Malekhu-Thopal Khola area is rich in metamorphic rocks. The extension of road along the Malekhu-Thopal Khola can lead to the instability of stream bank slope. The road of the Malekhu Khola corridor has been extended from the Prithvi Highway to the southern remote area, and the road of the Thopal Khola corridor has been extended from the Prithvi Highway to the North in Dhading Besi. The study is focused on the Slope Mass Rating (SMR) of the road cut slope as well as the streambank slopes along the Malekhu Khola and the Thopal Khola (Malekhu-Dhading road).The result shows that the 38% slope of the study area is stable in terms of plane failure. The slopes lying across the Malekhu Formation and the Kalitar Formation are unstable. Considering the slopes in terms of toppling failure, 41% of the slopes are found to be stable, whereas some range from partially stable to stable slopes to the partially stable to the unstable slopes. Similarly, 50% of the slopes are stable to partially stable in terms of wedge failure, whereas some other slopes lying in the Fagfog Quartzite, Malekhu Limestone, Kalitar Formation and the Kulekhani Formation lie in unstable slope category. If the slope stability of the whole stream corridor is considered, only 20–25% of the slope area is completely stable while the remaining is vulnerable due to various slope failures.

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DOI	10.11648/j.ajset.20170201.12
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Slope Mass Rating (SMR), Rock Mass Rating (RMR), Toppling Failure, Plane Failure, Wedge Failure, Lesser Himalaya

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Jaya Laxmi Singh; Naresh Kazi Tamrakar. Slope Mass Rating Around Malekhu-Thopal Khola Corrider, Malekhu, Central Nepal Lesser Himalaya. Am. J. Sci. Eng. Technol. 2017, 2(1), 6-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ajset.20170201.12

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Jaya Laxmi Singh, Naresh Kazi Tamrakar. Slope Mass Rating Around Malekhu-Thopal Khola Corrider, Malekhu, Central Nepal Lesser Himalaya. Am J Sci Eng Technol. 2017;2(1):6-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ajset.20170201.12

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Jaya Laxmi Singh

Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Naresh Kazi Tamrakar

Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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