Any attempt to stop the settlement without making the proposed preliminary investigation would be an irresponsible gamble. Since I have witnessed many gambles of this kind I can state from personal experience that the savings associate with inadequate preliminary investigations are entirely out of proportion to the financial risks.”
  Karl Terzagi
PAPER CONTENTS Page No. 
Paper 1 Importance of Seismic Aspects of Underground Structures in
Hydro Power Projects in Himalayas
- Raman, R. and Kapoor, J.S.
1
Paper 2 Shear Strength of Rock Mass - Interpretation and Analysis
-Hari Dev

11
Paper 3 Grout intake estimate for underground works
-Kannan, G.,Pal, S.,Nanda, A.and Rath, R.
19
Paper 4 Slope stability assessment of Tambakhani Chute, part of
Varunavat landslide, Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, India
-Kumar, Dharmendra, Mishra, Asit K, Kundu, Vinay and Gairola, B.M.
28
Paper 5 Slope stability assessment of Hathi Parvat landslide along
Badrinath route on National highway-58
- Kundu, Vinay, Kumar, Dharmendra and Singh, Bhupendra
33
Paper 6 Engineering geology for high dams
-Bhardwaj, Sunil and Thakur, Vinod
39
Paper 7 Seismic analysis & design of surface power house,
Rampur H.E. Project (412 MW)
- Verma, L.M., Abrol, R.K. and Chauhan, Manish
51
Paper 8 Interpretation of deformability of rock mass at dam site of
Nyera Amari hydropower project in Bhutan
-Singh, Rajbal and Garg, Sanjeev Kumar
64
Paper 9 Site specific seismicity assessment of a port in India
- Badrakia, Pranav M., Gandage, Abhijeet S.and Joshi, Rahu
78
Paper 10 Evaluation of geological properties of rock mass of Loktak
downstream dam site with emphasis on its groutability
- Ghosh Roy, M.and Sayeed, Imran
95
Paper 11 Laboratory assessment of rock- a case study
- Singh, Sukhdev, Murthy, P.S.K and Gupta, S. L.
112
Paper 12 Investigation of critical landslides and design of remedial
measures on national highway-5, Himachal Pradesh
-Prasad, P.S.and Kumar, Kishor
118
Paper 13 Groundwater assessment and its health impacts for Rajghat
dam reservoir, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Chourasia, Abhilasha and Rawat, R.K.
133
Paper 14 Application of analytical hierarchy process in decision support
software for control measure (DSSCM) to mitigate landslide
risk
- Chaturvedi, P., Srivastava, S.and Bhutiyani, M.R.
147
Paper 15 Interventions for highly permeable tunnel parallel joints in
underground storage caverns
- Pal, Saikat, Kannan,Gopi, Rath, Ranjit and Nanda, Atul
155
Paper 16 Instrumentation in concrete gravity dam with special reference
to Nathpa Dam of SJVN Ltd
- Chadha, A.K.and Gupta, B.K.
164
Paper 17 Successful initial filling of 15 km long 10.50 m dia. head race
tunnel of Rampur hydroelectric project (412 mw) constructed
in Himalayan Geology risks and challenges
- Varma, L.and Sehgal, R.
177
Paper 18 Macro scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in
parts of Kullu and Mandi districts, Himachal Pradesh
-Lakshmanan. K., Mandal, Jina , Jayabalan. K.and Kumar, Manoj
192
Paper 19 Geotechnical problems encountered during the excavation of
rock ledge for EOT Crane in underground Power house of
Shongtong-Karchham Hydro Electric Project-450MW- A case
study
- Negi, Virender Singh, Rohela, P.K.S., Rana, Anit Singh and Chaubey,
Ravi. S
210
Paper 20 Macro scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in
parts of Kullu, Mandi, Chamba, Kangra and Lahaul & Spiti
districts, Himachal Pradesh
- Rangari, Kundan Digambar, Chaubey, Ravi Shankar, Kumar,
Manoj, Jayabalan, K.,
224
Paper 21 Geo-Engineering solutions for stabilization of cut slopes in
the Surface Power House area of Luhri Hydroelectric Project
Stage-I -
Gupta, Sanjeev, Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Kaushal, Aashish
234
Paper 22 Geotechnical assessment regarding feasibility of proposed
additional spillway site, Hirakud dam project, Sambalpur
district, Odisha
-Sahoo, Debaprasad, Munda, Ramesh Chandra, Mukherjee, Jaydip and
Joshi, Kaumudi
241
Paper 23 Assessment of the rock mass of escape tunnel –a case study
from lift irrigation project, Telangana State, India
- Rawat, D. S., Naithani, A. K., Singh, L.G., Jain, P. and Patel, R.,
Babu, R.N.S. and Rao, G. S.
255
Paper 24 Geological investigation on the causes of collapse of
irrigation tunnel -a case study from Hulikere, Mandya district,
Karnataka
-Ganesha, A.V., Prakash Narasimha, K.N.and Kumar, L. Prasanna
265
Paper 25 Role of geotechnical instrumentation in construction stage of
Hydroproject – acase study (Rampur HPS 412 MW)
-Chadha, A.K., Dutt, Mahesh, Kumar, Ajay, Devi, Sudha and Badoni,
Brijesh
275
Paper 26 Different techniques adopted to tackle the geological
adversities during the construction of Rampur hydro power
station (412 MW) –A case study of head race tunnel
-Chadha, A.K., Dutt, Mahesh, Sharma, Uma Kant and Kumar, Ajay
284
Paper 27 Geologically problematic band and its treatment on upstream
wall of large underground surge pool cavern-A case study from
lift irrigation scheme-Telangana State, India
-Babu, R. N. S., Nath, R. K., Rawat, D. S., Naithani, A. K.,and Rao, G. S.
296
Paper 28 Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of groundwater
quality in Ramanagaram taluk, Karnataka
-Ganesha, A.V.,Krishnaiah, C.,Krishnegowda and Suresh, S.
308
Paper 29 Prognosis and treatment of buried channels in river valley
projects – A geotechnical perspective
-Chakraborty, Arindom, Sharma, Vivek and Rath, Shishir
317