4/10/2011 

Roadside
erosion control
Gandhiv Kafle
Lecturer, IOF, Hetauda

WME 508: Soil and water conservation 
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Techniques
Bioengineering Structures
} Tree, shrub, grass: planting, } Checkdams
seeding
} Retaining walls
} Pallisades
} Contour strip plantting } Toe walls
} Bamboo planting } Prop walls
} Turfing/sodding } Wire bolsters
} Fascine
} Rip rap
} Wattling
} Brush layering WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
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} Jute netting

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Toe walls
} Cemented wall
constructed at the
base of slope

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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Prop walls
} Cement plastering
on the rocky slopes
on the road side

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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Checkdams
Masonry
checkdam Gabion checkdam

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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Wire bolsters
} Gabion is placed
on trench
} Stones are packed
and meshed with
wire
} Steel pegs are
inserted to prevent
sliding

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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Erosion control
on cultivated
lands
Gandhiv Kafle
Lecturer, IOF, Hetauda

WME 508: Soil and water conservation 
7  engineering ‐ by Gandhiv Kafle 

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} Agronomic measures
} Soil management
} Mechanical measures

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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Erosion control
on forest
grazing lands
Gandhiv Kafle
Lecturer, IOF, Hetauda

WME 508: Soil and water conservation 
10  engineering ‐ by Gandhiv Kafle 

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} Bioengineering
} Mechanical measures

WME 508: Soil and water conservation engineering ‐ 
by Gandhiv Kafle 

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