Landslide at Malin village by

Kailash Patel

(16WM60R07)

School of Water Resources

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Content

1. Landslide ; General introduction

2. Causes of landslide

3. Devastation

4. Relief and rescue

5. Rehabilitation

6. Preventive measures

7. Consequences

Introduction : Landslide is a downward movement of the soil, rock or

vegetation under the influence of gravity. Factor of safety (F) :

Weight

Driving force

Resisting force

Site material

bedrock F =

F < 1 : Landslide occur (instability)

F > 1 : Landslide not occur ( stability )𝛉

In addition, the resisting force significantly reduced due

to the rainfall and earthquake vibration.

Three distincts physical event occur during a landslide

Initial slope failure,

subsequent transport,

Final deposition of the material.

Landslide : Malin villageLocation map

Top view of Malin village from google map image

Probable area that moved down along the slope

Direction of landslide

Salient features

On 30 July 2014, a landslide occurred in the village of Malin in the

Ambegaon taluka of the Pune district in Maharashtra, India.

The landslide, which hit early in the morning (5 a.m.) while residents

were asleep.

The landslide was first noticed by a bus driver who drove by the

area and saw that the entire village was almost buried in the heap

of mud and earth.

Though initial reports stated that the landslide had killed 56

people , officials expected the death toll to exceed 150.

As of 4 August 2014, the death toll had reached to 161. The

bodies so far recovered were of 65 men, 83 women, 13

children.

Rains continued after the landslide making rescue efforts

difficult.

Type of Landslide

Debris type landslide

Initial slope failure

Subsequent transport

Final deposition

Flow route

Flow route

Buried houses

boulders

Affected area

Causes of landslide

Very heavy rainfall

Improper drainage

Deforestation and levelling of land on the hill for cultivation

Change in agriculture practices

Backwater of Dimbhe dam

Human interference

Heavy rainfall

The region was receiving particularly very heavy rainfall in the

week between 25th to 31st July.

Cumulative rainfall in the week as recorded by NASA’s and

TRMM was more than 600 mm, most of it between 29th-

30th July.

Improper drainage system

Due to the absence of any proper drainage system, water was

accumulated at the top of the hill.

The accumulated rainwater percolates through either interface

of weathered material and rock or major/minors joints and cracks

at the surface of the hill.

It may also lead to extensive landslide that the whole village

except few houses and a primary school were buried under a

huge mass of debris.

Large scale land use modification

Villagers had recently shifted from cultivation of rice

and Finger millet to wheat, which required large levelling of

slopy areas.

Thus it contributed to instability of the hills.

Levelling of land : The state government launched a scheme called ‘Padkai’ for

tribals on a pilot basis in the Malin village about three years ago.

the practice of step agriculture involves small cuts being made on the hill side, which is subsequently flattened and levelled to grow rice.

Backwater of Dimbhe dam

Live Storage Capacity : 354 MCM Reservoir Area : 1754.7 ha.

1.5 Km

Devastation

Before After

A huge loss of property and assets were observed after the

disaster along with loss of infrastructure, lifeline facilities,

farmland.

Loss in productivity of agricultural or forest lands due to

being buried by debris.

Reduced property values due to unwillingness of people to

buying disaster prone land.

Loss of revenue due to loss of productivity, transport

breakdown, etc.

Loss of human productivity due to death and injury.

Reduction in quality of life due to the deaths of family

members and the destruction of personal belongings, which

had a great sentimental value.

Relief and rescue 9 Relief and Rescue teams of NDRF immediately came into

action and carried out operation between 30 July 2014 to 6 Aug

2014.

NDRF teams carried out 07 long day & night operation and

rescued 8 live victims, retrieved 161 dead bodies, 58 animal

carcasses and property worth 30 lacks including ornaments gold

and silver vessels.

Close to 650 NDRF person ,doctor, nurses and voluenteers

involved in rescue efforts.

Hilly landscape ,narrow road and continuous rain making

access to spot difficult.

 A medical team consisting of paramedics is also a part of the

rescue team.

Bank of Maharashtra has sent relief material such as Food,

Drinking Water and Medical kits at the spot along with Bank staff

comprising as CSR team to handover the material to Govt.

District officials and members of NDRF team for immediate use.

BSNL AND VODAFONE had installed temporary network at the

site to make easy rescue and relief operation.

A group of villagers in Malin and nearby areas have started

centres in Malin village to update the list of those people who

were away from homes at the time of the landslide. 

 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd on 30

July restored electricity supply to Malin village.

Pune district administration will immediately start the work of

erecting 40 odd shelters for temporary rehabilitation of the

landslide-affected persons.

Rehabilitation of Malin Village

The Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced Rs 2 lakh to the

family of the victims.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan also announced an

aid of Rs 5 lakh to the family of the victims from the CM Relief

Fund.

It was also said that the state government would provide free

medical treatment to the injured.

Many villagers in the affected area sheltered by the district

administration at “Maratha Bhawan" in an adjacent village.

The Sakal Relief Fund has decided to construct a school

and provide educational facilities to the children of the

villagers of landslide-hit Malin village.

Maratha Relief Fund has collect about Rs 1.11 crore for

rehabilitation of the villagers of Malin. 

Rao, added that a special drive would be conducted to

provide ration cards, Aadhar cards, and voter’s identity

cards, as most of the villagers had misplaced their

documents in the landslide

The administration is making a list of the affected villagers, so

that according to their age and education, employment

opportunities can be provided to those who survived.”

The budget of Rs 2 lakh was allocated for 451 square feet

permanent tenements.

Preventive Measures As the principal of the initiation of mass movement is water,

this main causative agent has to be prevented from entering into

the affected area.

The occurrence of the landslides cannot be prevented but its

affects can be minimized by taking timely preventive

measures.

The magnitude of the mass movement can be minimized by

construction an efficient drainage network .

Soil erosion is also the causative factor which can be reduced

by increasing the vegetative growth in the sloping areas.

Landslides can also be minimized by using appropriate

engineering technology which involves provision of surface as

well as subsurface drainage, removal of unstable slope material

and modification of unstable slope to stability, lastly construction

of retaining walls in the periphery of the area where Padkai is

developed.

Public awareness about changing the agricultural practices as

well as controlling the human made parameters that can initiate

to landslides.

Consequences

Media during landslide

Thank you

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