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 Problems of Locating an Atomic Power Plant on Aeolian Deposits
-N.K. Mandwal
1
Paper 2 Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping - A Need for Sustainable Development of Uttaranchal with Special Reference to Route Locations
--R.Anbalagn & Bhoop Singh

13
Paper 3 Geotechnical Mapping as a Tool in the Assessment of Starata Control Problems in PK-2 Underground Coal Mine- A Case Study
-D. N. Sharma
23
Paper 4 Recent Significant Earthquakes in Quick Succession in Kottayam-ldukki Region, Kerala- A Macroseismic study
-L. Harendranath, K.C. B. Rao, V. Balachandran and G. Rajagopalan
31
Paper 5 Some Aspects of Aftershocka Activity of Bhuj Earthquake of 2001
-C.S.Shah, D.T.Patel and D.T.Rao
37
Paper 6 Peculiarities and Geotechnical Evaluation of Spillway Structures in Tehri Dam Project
-S.K. Ghildyal, Bhupendra Singh, P.K. Gajbhiye and D.P. Dangwal
45
Paper 7 Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping around Nathpa Damsite area, Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh
-Praveer Pankaj & S. K. Singh
53
Paper 8 Guidelines for Investigating Communication Tunnels
-Sushil Kumar
63