Malpa landslide
Malpa landslide was one of worst landslides in India.
On 11 and 17 August 1998, massive landslides wiped away the entire villiage of Malpa in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand in Kali Valley of Higher Kumaun Himalaya. 221 people died including 60 Hindu pilgrims traveling to Tibet. One noted death was the Indian dancer Protima Bedj.
Causes of Landslide
The landslide generated around one million cubic meters of rock fall and debris flow. This debris partially blocked the Kali River. The landslide prevailed mostly due to steep, almost vertical, slopes of rock above the valley. In addition to the slopes. proximity of the rock mass to major tectonic plates and major rain fall into the porous rock caused the formation to fall. Stress on the rock formations caused the landslide. The slide demonstrated the distressed state of rock in the Himalayan region because of the drift of the Indian plate northward.[1]
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