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
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PAPER CONTENTS Page No. 
Paper 1 Engineering Geological Mapping and Rock Mass Characterization
Invited Lecture : Dr. Gopal Dhawan
1
Paper 2 Site Selection Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Evaluation of site Specific Design Basis Earthquake Parameters
Invited Lecture : U.S.P. Verma and Prabhakar Gundlapalli
9
Paper 3 Some Aspects of Grouting Dam Foundations with Cement and Importance of Geological Apparaisal on Grouting Operations
Invited Lecture : S. Balasubrahmanyam
23
Paper 4 Assessment of stability and design of supports for underground excavations
Invited Lecture: Rajeev Sethi
27
Paper 5 Rocck Bursts in Deep Excavations with special reference to Bharath Gold Mines Ltd., Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka
Invited Lecture : M.M. Swamy
31
Paper 6 Modern Trends in Landslide Mapping and Investigations
Invited Lecture : R. Anbalagan
37
Paper 7 Landslide and its Investigation Techniques
Invited Lecture; R.N. Ghosh
43
Paper 8 Prediction of Change in Stress Pattern, Rock Mass Behaviour and Stability of Underground Excavations using Microseismics
Invited Lecture : Dr P. C. Nawani
61
Paper 9 Engineering Geology in Conservation of Heritage Monuments and Sites
Invited Lecture : U.S. Rawat
77
Paper 10 Application of Geotechniques to Urban Development with Specific Reference to United Arab Emirates
Invited Lecture : Mohd. J. Ahmed
89
Paper 11 Rock Mass Characterization for Engineering Design
T. Ramamurthy
121
Paper 12 An integrated Approach for Rockmass Characterization and Support Requirement for Discharge Tunnel of Dewas-ll Project, Udaipur District, Rajasthan
V.P. Sharma
129
Paper 13 Tectonic and environmental control in shapping the layout of the Jakhol Sankri HE Project, District Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
Akhouri Bishwapriya, B.R Rawat & Yogendra Deva
135
Paper 14 Seismic Slope Instability Assessment using RS and GIS Techniques : A Case study from Garhwal Himalaya
Santosh K. Sati, P.K. Champati Ray, Ajay K. Naithani & Vivek K. Singh
145
Paper 15 Art of Producing 3-D Geological Logs while Driving Highly Mechanised Tunnels
Yogendra Deva and Harsh Gupta
157
Paper 16 Morphometric Analysis for the Neotectonic Evaluation of the Pein River Basin, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
K.K. Agarwal, Rameshwar Bali and P. V. Singh
163
Paper 17 Slope Stability - Problems and Remedies in River Valley Projects of NW Himalayas, India-AReview
N.K. Mandwal
171
Paper 18 Considerations in the Design and Construction of Fill Dams in Earthquake Zones
S. Balasubrahmanyam, B. L. Jatana
179
Paper 19 Positive Influences of some Infirmities and Non-homogeneity of Foundation Rocks on Stability of Gravity Dams
R.S. Varshney
193
Paper 20 The Engineering Geological Investigations on the Coruh-Yusufeli Dam Site and its Reservoir, Turkey
Aziz Ertunc
199
Paper 21 Geotechnical Assessment of Diversion Tunnels, Lower Subansiri Hydro-Electric Project Assam & Arunachal Pradesh
A.K. Choudhury, BiswajitDas
205
Paper 22 A Massive Chute Spillway, Partly Resting on Terrace Material - a Case Study
C. Vasudevan
213
Paper 23 Lessons from the Geotechnical Investigations of Water Resources Projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra Districts, Uttar Pradesh
Sushil Kumar and V.B. Srivastava
219
Paper 24 Tunneling in Soft Rock - Subansiri Hydroelectric Project, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Arvind Garg, Alok Kumar Rahut and Dr. Devojit Bezbaruah
229
Paper 25 Prognostication of Unconfirmity intersection at Tunnel Grade for 43.93 km Long Tunnel by Geoelectrical Survey
D. Ramakrishna and Anil A. Kamat
237
Paper 26 Tunnelling Through Weak Zones using Dress Methodology in Himalaya
Ashok Kumar & V.S. Yadav
241
Paper 27 Execution of a Long Tunnel without any Mishap-Case of Bansagar Tunnel, Madhya Pradesh
Mridul Srivastava & Yogendra Deva
249
Paper 28 Longwall Stress Distribution in 1101 Coal Face of the Barapukuria Coal Mine, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
A.K.M. Golam Mostofa, Dr. Chodhury Quamruzzaman, Dr M. Farhad Howladar, Dr. Mushfique Ahmed, Sharmin Afroz and Md. Abdul Motin Mondol
255
Paper 29 Major Problem at Micro Level: Alkali-aggregate reaction and its effect on Srisailam Dam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M. Raju and B. Satyanarayana
263
Paper 30 A Critique on the Petrographic Detection of Potentially Deleterious Minerals in Aggregates and its Significance in Engineering Geological Studies in Indian Context
S. T. Narahari, S. Bhattacharjee, V. V. Sesha Sai, K. Chakraborty and R. Ananthanarayana
269
Paper 31 Petrographic Studies of Concrete Aggregate in Engineering Geology Applications
V.V. Sesha Sai, R. Ananthanarayana S. Bhattacharjee, K.Chakraborthy and S. T. Narahari
275
Paper 32 Lucknow Metro Rail Project: A Geotechnical Evaluation of the Proposal
Sushil Kumar and B. K. Bisaria
279
Paper 33 Accelerated Approach’ in Construction of HRT of Maneri Bhali H.-E. Project (Stage I!) Using Swellex Rockbolts - A Case Study
P.K.Gajbhiye & N.R.Bhattacharjee
285
Paper 34 Landslide Hazard and Risk Mapping Procedures: Case Study from Parts of Ravi Catchment, Himachal Pradesh
V.K.Sharma
291
Paper 35 Landslide Hazard Mapping of Chittagong City Area, Bangladesh
Younus Ahmed Khan and Chandong Chang
303
Paper 36 Landslide Hazard Zonation and Evaluation of Lunglei Town, Mizoram - Its Utility in Planning and Development
Pankaj Kumar and C. D. Singh
313
Paper 37 Evaluation of Hazards along Calicut - Kasaragod Coast, Kerala - a Geoenvironmental Approach.
V. Jagannathan and C.V.K. Viswanathan
321
Paper 38 Geotechnical Evaluation of Subsidence Cracks at Priyanagar Under Chakdah Block, Nadia District, West Bengal - a Case Study
Kalyan Surya Gupta and Debasish Bhattacharya
327
Paper 39 Slope Stability Analysis of Narayanbagar Landslide on Karnaprayag - Gwaldam Road, Uttarakhand Himalaya
R. Anbalagan, AtuI Kohli and D. Chakraborty
333
Paper 40 Recent Landslides In G oa-An Overview
Uttam Kumar Pradhan and Akshaya Kumar Mishra
339
Paper 41 Causes of Instability in Plio-Quaternary Sedinnents, Near Zagreb - Croatia
Suncica Zeljem, Marina Cabraja and Zeijko Sokolic
345
Paper 42 2007-an Year of Landslides in the Kerala
C. Muraleedharam and M.P. Muraleedharan
353
Paper 43 Surface Subsidence Prediction in Barapukuria Coal Mine, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Dr Chowdhury Quamruzzaman, Dr M. Farhad Howladar, A.K.M. Golam Mostofa and D r Mushfique Ahmed
363
Paper 44 Safety Evaluations of Rajshahi City Protection Embankment, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Younus Ahmed Khan
371
Paper 45 The Point Load Test in Rock Material Characterization
A. Basu
379
Paper 46 Geotechnical Appraisal of Post Construction Problems of Vagetikona Irrigation Tank, Kadapa Dist. Andhra Pradesh
B.K.Bhandaru
389
Paper 47 Geo-environmental Assessment for Determining Suitability of Buildable Land in Context of a Hill Town
Pushplata and R. Anbalagan
391
Paper 48 Compressive Stress and Thrust Faulting Deformation Analysis in the Himalayan Fold- thrust Belt
Dr M. Farhad Howladar, Sharmin Afroz and Dr Chowdhury Quamruzzaman
401
Paper 49 Luhri Hydro-electric Project - case for Planning of Geo-technically viable and Cost - effective Hydro Power Project in the Himalayas
Harsh Gupta
409
Paper 50 Hydraulic modeling of Mahatma Gandhi (Kalvakurthy) Lift Irrigation Scheme Stage-2
DrP.V.Chandramohan L. Prabahar
417
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