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 Importance of Geo-technical Instrumentation in Underground Caverns
Sisodia, A. K. and Kumar, Vinod
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Paper 2 In Situ Block Size Determination of Rock Masses for engineering Purposes, State of the Art
Kuthe, B., Vidhate, H., and Raina, Avtar K.
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Paper 3 Geotechnical Studies in Shortwall Mining- A Case Study of RK New Tech Mine, SCCL
Veera Raju, B., Karunakar, M., Sharma, D.N. and Rao, K.V. Seeta Rama
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Paper 4 Geotechnical Applications for Geohazards Mitigation in Dry land Environment of Thar Desert, India
Wadhawan, Sudesh Kumar
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Obituries Obituaries
Dr. B.N. Sinha Dr. Subinoy Gangopadhyay
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