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 1 Influences of geo-mining conditions on strata control studies during underground pillar extraction: Some Indian experiences
Singh, Arun Kumar , Mandal, Prabhat Kumar , Ram, Sahendra , Singh, Amit Kumar , Kumar , Rakesh and Singh, Rajendra
9
Paper 2 Tunnelling through weak and water charged strata by Ground Improvement- A case from Maneri Bali HE Project, Stage-II, Uttarakhand
Gajbhiye, P. K. and Bhattacharjee, N. R.
25
Paper 3 Importance of systematic geotechnical investigations for underground structures in engineering projects.
Mishra, Prasanta, Ghoshal, T.B. and Raju, M.
33
Paper 4 Tunneling through phyllitic rocks - A case study of 12 km long water conducting tunnels of Dewas-II project, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Sharma, V.P.
44
Paper 5 Impact on air environment due to underground space construction
Renaldy, T. Amrith and Roy, Surendra
55
Paper 6 Investigation and analysis of strata control problems in continuous miner workings
Lokhande, R. D., Venkateswarlu, V., Varma, A.L.S.V., Srinivas, C.H. and Veeraswamy, H.
75
Paper 7 Combating Rock burst in underground excavations
Srinivasan, C. and Willy, Y.A.
84
Paper 8 Instrumentation– A key to stability analysis of large caverns in hydroelectric projects
Nair, Sripad R., Sudhakar, K. and Nair, Roshan
103
Paper 9 Strata control problems of underground coal mining Vis-À-Vis geotechnical instrumentation and numerical model studies
Jayanthu, S.
117
Paper 10 Room-and-Pillar design practices of Illinois coal (No 5) Seam
Mishra, M.K., Singh, V.K. and Chugh, Y.P.
134
Paper 11 Speedy development of hydro power project in Sikkim Himalaya by optimization of head race tunnel layout- A case study of Teesta -V H E Project ( 510MW), East Sikkim
Mathur, N. K.
143
Paper 12 Application of RS and GIS in prediction of the debris flow
Rui. Huang, Jian-ping. Chen, Hui-zhong Li and Jin-sheng Que
154
Paper 13 Excavation of 17Km long head race tunnel for 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydroelectric project in NW Himalaya
Sati, K.K., Sood, K.K., Singh, Praveen and Goyal, D. P.
165
Paper 14 Guidelines for selection of tunnels and tunneling methods
Kumar, Rakesh, Vasudevan C., Sharma, G.S. and Lalitha O.R.
177
Paper 15 Advance ground improvement technology for tunneling in low cover
Mal Barna, B.D.
188
Paper 16 Longwall barrier design: A perspective
Nair, Roshan and Sastry V.R.
194
Paper 17 Rockmass characterization at Saptkosi multipurpose high dam project In Nepal
Bahuguna, Harish, Sanwal, Rajendra and Ghoshal, T. B.
205
Paper 18 Role of geological structures on pot-hole subsidence development due to underground mining
Lokhande, R. D., Murthy, V.M.S.R. and Singh, K. B.
223
Paper 19 Pre-grouting in the HRT of Teesta III hydroelectric power project, North Sikkim, India
Singh, A.K., Singh, K.K., Vashisht, N.K. and Boruah, P.
239
Paper 20 Conclusions on the management of road tunnels after six years of application of the directive 2004/54 of the EC
Pablo Jarillo López, Javier Ángel Ramírez, David Fernández-Ordoñez and Carlos Delgado Alonso-Martirena
249
Paper 21 Analysis of earth temperature field and geothermal hazard evaluation at Gaoligong mountain tunnel
Jihong Qi and Mo Xu
255
Paper 22 Preliminary study on risk assessment of tunnel gas disaster
Kang Xiao-bing and Xu Mo
266
Paper 23 Power house cavern stability monitoring using microseismics at Tala hydro power project, Bhutan
Sivakumar C., Srinivasan C., Willy. Y.A and Nawani P.C.
273
Paper 24 Mechanized tunneling in Himalayas: Risk assessment and management of geological challenges
Dhawan, Gopal and Bhatnagar, Sharad
283
Paper 25 Engineering geology at the cross roads
Dhawan, Gopal and Sayeed, Imran
294
Paper 26 Influences of Geo-Mining conditions on strata control studies during underground pillar extraction: Some Indian experiences
Raju, B.Veera , Karunakar, M., Sharma, D. N. and Rama Rao, K.V.Seeta
309
Paper 27 Engineering geology of failed sections of four flexible pavements in southwestern Nigeria
Khan, Sharique and Khullar, Aman
320
Paper 28 Strength and deformability characteristics of pyroclastic rock mass
Dev, Hari , Singh, Rajbal and Yachu, J.K.
328