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 TBM Tunneling at Parbati Hydroelectric Project, Stage -I!
*G.C. Pargaien and **V.D. Sharma
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Paper 2 Tunneling Through Soft Rocks
*Dr. Gopal Dhawan, “ S. Kannan

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Paper 3 On the Development of Slump Slide around Reasi end Portal (P2) of Tunnel no. 1, Udhampur - Srinagar - Baramulla Railway Line Project
*B .D . M ai Barna

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Paper 4 Geological Considerations in Finalising Port Louis-Moka Link Road Alignment, Mauritius
*N .K . M andw al

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Paper 5 3D Wedge Analyses Carried out During DPR Stage Investigations of Rung - Dehar Silt Flushing Tunnel Project, Mandi District, H.P.
*S an jiv K um ar

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Paper 6 Environmental Impact Assessment of DIkrong (Pare) Hydroelectric Project, Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh
*Jaydip Mukherjee

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Paper 7 Impact of Landslides on the Construction Schedule of a Major Hydro Power Project in the Lesser Himalayas, Jammu & Kashmir, India
*Mohd. J. Ahmed

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Paper 8 Geological Investigations in the Development of Hydroelectric Projects
*U.V. Hegde
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Paper 9 Determination of in situ RQD
*Ashok Kumar
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Paper 10 Significance of Laboratory Studies of Soil and Rock in Slope Stability Analysis
*M u kte s h w a r T iw ari and ‘ S .C .S riv a s ta v a
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Paper 11 Grid-Based Analytical Approach to Macro Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping
*Yogendra Deva and **Mridul Srivastava
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Paper 12 Landslide Susceptibility Mapping based on BIS and Modified BIS Code - An Appraisal
Pankaj Jaiswal
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Paper 13 Landslide Zonation : An Overview of Emerging Techniques
* V. K. Sharma
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Paper 14 Landslide Zonation
*D.N. Seshagiri, **G, Rajagopalan and ***R. Pitchaimuthu
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Paper 15 BIS Methodology for Landslide Hazard Zonatlon - A case study from Bhimtal and Naukuchhia 7a/area, District Nainital, Uttaranchal
'Harsh Gupta
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Paper 16 Holocene Environmental Catastrophes of Gujarat and Related Tectonics
Prabhas Pande
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Paper 17 Rocksiides in Mumbai
Prabhas Pande
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Paper 18 Study of Bunga Landslide - A Case Study from Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal, India
*Ajay K. Naithani
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Paper 19 Incidences of Slope Failures along NH-1A, Jammu & Kashmir
Hemant Kumar and *Pankaj Kumar
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Paper 20 Alluvial Soil Collapse at Karanda Village, Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh - A Natural Hazard of Great Societal Importance
*R .K . Singh, *S .K . K ar and *S u ren d ra P rasad
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Paper 21 Paleo-Seismic Evidence In Crystalline Rocks : Example from Precambrian Terrain of Peninsular India
*Biju John, **C.P. Rajendran, *Alok Kumar
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