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 Appraisal of Engineering Geological Parameters of Rocks in and Around Mines - A Case Study
Rajendra Kumar Trivedi*, Rajendra Kumar Rawat*, Lovelesh Kumar Soni* and Vijayant Jain*
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Paper 2 GIS Based Evaluation of Landslide Hazard along Shivpuri-Vyasghat Road Section, Garhwal Himalaya, India
Arundhati Biswas*, R. Anbalagan* and S. Sarkar**

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Paper 3 Numerical Analysis of Instability of Slope near Rudraprayag Area, Uttaranchal, India
T.N.Singh*, V. Bhardwaj**, L. Dhonta** and K. Sarkar*

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Paper 4 Effect of 26 January 2001 Bhuj Earthquake on Earth Dams of Kachchh District, Gujarat, India
Prabhas Pande*

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Paper 5 Impact of Geothermal Zones In the Head Race Tunnel of a Mega Power Project In the Himalayas - Investigation and Tunnelling Through Hot Conditions
Ashok Kumar*

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Paper 6 Geotechnical Investigations for Foundation of Multistoried Buildings and Bridges
N.K.Mandwal*

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Paper 7 Macro-scale Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Kurseong - Mangpu area of Darjeeling Himalaya
N.K. Sarkar*, T.B. Ghoshal*, Saibal Ghosh* and M. Surendranath*

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Paper 8 Environmental & Economic Sustainability Appraisal of Harsi Water Resources Project of M.P.
Dr. Rajnish Shrivastava* and Narendra Dave**
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