EGCON-2018: National Conference on Prospects and Retrospect in Engineering Geology, Geophysics and

Instrumentation, 3-5 December, 2018

Hyderabad

Organised by

Indian Society of Engineering Geology

In association with

Geological Survey of India

Venue: M.S. Krishnan Auditorium& Conference Hall-1,

GSI Training Institute, GSI Complex, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

Day #1: 03.12.2018 (Monday)

Inaugural Session

Venue: Auditorium

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08.00 am onwards Registration

09.00 am 09.05 am Welcoming guests on to the dais Shri Akhouri Bishwapriya

09.05 am 09.07 am Opening Prayers Mrs. Siniraj

09.07 am 09.10 am Lighting of the lamp Dignitaries.

09.10 am 09.15 am Welcome address Shri M. Raju, Chairman, Organising Committee

09.15 am 09.20 am Address Dr. Saibal Ghosh, Secretary, ISEG.

09.20 am 09.25 am Address by Chief Guest Dr. Dinesh Gupta, DG, GSI.

09.25 am 09.30 am Release of Abstracts cum Souvenir Dr. Dinesh Gupta, DG, GSI.

09.30 am 09.35 am Declaration of Local Chapter of ISEG. Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.

09.35 am 09.40 am Presidential address Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.

09.40 am 10.00 am Felicitation of veterans Prof. K.S. Rao, IIT Delhi, President, ISEG.

10.00 am 10.05 am Response from veterans A few veterans.

10.05 am 10.10 am Vote of thanks Shri B. Ajaya Kumar, Secretary, Organising Committee.

10.10 am 10.30 am High Tea

Technical Session-1: Keynote Addresses

Venue: Auditorium

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10.30 am 10.50 am Engineering Geology and Role of Geophysics: GSI Perspective Dr. Dinesh Gupta

10.50 am 11.10 am Powerhouse Slope Stability of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project: A Case Study Prof. K. S. Rao

11.10 am 11.30 am Prospects / Retrospect about mega civil engineering infra-structure projects (with

engineering geology, geophysics and instrumentation)

mainly for South India

Dr. C. D. Thatte

11.30 am 11.50 am Hydropower Development in India at Crossroads Today Shri R. N. Mishra

11.50 am 12.10pm Challenges in urban geology while developing Jaipur and Ajmer as smart cities in

dry land environment of India

Dr. Sudesh Kumar Wadhawan

12.10pm 12.30 pm Challenges in Testing, Instrumentation and Monitoring of River Valley Projects Dr. V. M. Sharma

12.30 pm 12.50 pm Challenges in Geosciences and for Geosciences Dr. Ranjit Rath

Lunch Break 12.50 pm to 02.30 pm.

Technical Session-2: Theme: Challenges in classical and advance

geotechnical investigations of River Valley Projects

Technical Session-3: Theme: Challenges in Natural Hazards, especially

Landslides

Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1

02.30 pm 02.40 pm Construction of Plastic

Concrete Cut Off Wall by

Drill-Blast Method in

Kishanganga HE Project

Sunil J. Ganvir

Sailendra Singh

Bariha

S.L. Kapil

02.30 pm 02.40 pm Landslides: a major problem

in road communication and

multipurpose river valley

projects in North West

Himalayas

I.B. Chhibber

02.40 pm 02.50 pm Challenges in Development of

River Valley and Hydel

Projects in Karst Terrains -

Broad Issues

Yamuna Singh

02.40 pm 02.50 pm Detailed Site Specific

Landslide Investigations of

the 8th Mile Landslide on

Gangtok-Nathula Road, East

District, Sikkim

Shyam Sundar Singh

Lopamudra Bhol

Prakash Kumar

Shrivastava

Awadhesh Kumar

Setbandhu Mandal

02.50 pm 03.00 pm Importance of Geological

Considerations in Site

Selection of Engineering

Structures for Water Resource

Rashtrapal H.

Chavhan,

Milind V Dhakate,

02.50 pm 03.00 pm Geological Aspect of Infra

Projects in Hilly Terrain: A

Case Study of Kullu Tikoli

Arunanjay Kumar

Singh

A. P. Singh

Tarun Singh

Projects of Central India –

Case Studies

D. Chakraborty,

Vishal V. Sakhare

03.00 pm 03.10 pm Geological Investigations for

Sun Kosi Storage cum

Diversion scheme, Nepal.

Bhupendra Singh,

K. Lakshmanan

03.00 pm 03.10 pm Consequences of Rock fall

Hazard in the Imja Glacial

Lake, Nepal

Durga Khatiwada

Ranjan Kumar Dahal

03.10 pm 03.20 pm Geotechnical evaluation of

Surgani –Sundla Hydro

Electric Project for utilizing

the Desilted water obtained

from Baira-Siul Hydro-

Electric Project, District

Chamba, Himachal Pradesh,

India

Ravi Shankar

Chaubey

D. P. Dangwal,

Venu Gopal

Krishna B

Sanjiv Kumar

03.10 pm 03.20 pm Estimation of Rainfall

Thresholds for Shallow

Landslides using limited

data: Case study of

Darjeeling Himalayas

Abhirup Dikshit

Neelima Satyam

03.20 pm 03.30 pm Geotechnical Investigations of

Rock Mass Characterization

of Part of Tunnel, Package-9,

Kaleshwaram Project (Dr. B.

R. Ambedkar Pranahita

Chevella Sujala Sravanthi Lift

Irrigation Scheme), Rajanna

Siricilla District, Telangana

State

B. Ajaya Kumar

GJS Prasad

03.20 pm 03.30 pm Preliminary geological

evaluation of Wazri landslide

on Yamunotri Highway (NH-

94), Uttarkashi District,

Uttarakhand

Dharmendra Kumar

Prathvi Singh

Saurabh Kumar

03.30 pm 03.40 pm Construction Stage

Geotechnical Assessment On

The Foundations Of Earth

Dam (Single Bund),

Gurramgumpu Balancing

Reservoir, Phase-II, Package-

03/06, Galeru Nagari Sujala

Sravanthi Project, Kadapa

District, A.P.

B. P. Rawat

G.J.S. Prasad

03.30 pm 03.40 pm Landslides in Western

Maharashtra - Evaluation,

Prevention and Challenges

P. K Gajbhiye

03.40 pm 03.50 pm Cut-off wall (COW): A safe

Construction Practice in Dam

Foundations- Case Studies

P. K. Gupta 03.40 pm 03.50 pm Bi-Variate Statistical

Approach in Landslide

Hazard Zonation: Central

Laxmi Versain

Rajeshwar Singh

Banshtu

D. D. Pandey

Himalayas of Himachal

Pradesh, India

03.50 pm 04.00 pm Construction of Diversion

Tunnel - A case study of

Vishnugad Pipalkoti HEP

(4 x 111MW), Uttarakhand

R.K Vishnoi

Gajendra Singh

K.C Uniyal

K. Manikandan

P. Vishwakarma

03.50 pm 04.00 pm Preliminary Slope Stability

Assessment of the June’

2013disaster affected Areas

of Rudraprayag And

Pithoragarh Districts

Uttarakhand State, India

Santosh Kumar

Tripathi

04.00 pm 04.20 pm Tea Break 04.00 pm 04.20 pm Tea Break

Technical Session-4: Theme: Challenges in progressive excavation of

tunnels and underground caverns

Technical Session-5: Theme: Challenges in Natural Hazards, especially

Earthquakes

Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1

04.20 pm 04.30 pm Geotechnical Investigations

for Tunnel, Tipparam-Chityal

Link Canal, Package-15,

Kaleshwaram Project (Dr. B.

R. Ambedkar Pranitha

Chevella Sujala Sravanthi

scheme), Medak and Nalgonda

Districts, Telangana State

G.J.S. Prasad

B.K. Bhandaru

04.20

pm

04.30 pm Macro seismic

Investigation in Coastal

Districts of Andhra

Pradesh, India aftermath

the Nepal (Gorkha)

Earthquake of 25th

April’ 2015

B. Lakshminarayanan

K.K. Singh

B.K.Bhandaru

04.30 pm 04.40 pm Surge Shaft Excavation in

Adverse Geological

Conditions: Excavation

Methodology, Support

System, Insitu Treatment and

Monitoring of Rock mass

Adopted for Excavation of

13.5m Diameter and 152 m

Deep Surge Shaft of

Mangdechhu Hydroelectric

Project: Bhutan

Mishra, A. K.

Chaudhary, R.K.

Punetha, P.

Ahmed, I.

04.30

pm

04.40 pm Evaluation and

visualization of seismic

hazard using continuous

seismic monitoring above

old mined out area

V.R. Balasubramaniam

K. Goverdhan

P. D. Jennifer

04.40 pm 04.50 pm Reassessment of cavern

stability

Chandan Kumar

Atul Nanda

Gopi Kannan L.

04.40

pm

04.50 pm Seismic Hazard

Assessment based on

induced seismicity in

underground mines: a

Praveena Das Jennifer

P. Porchelvan

06.00 pm 07.00 pm AGM of ISEG

07.00 pm 08.30 pm Cultural Programme. Venue: Auditorium.

08.30 pm 10.00 pm Presidential Dinner (All delegates are invited)

Pavan

Chakravarthy C.

Ranjit Rath

comparative review of

approach to hazard

quantification

04.50 pm 05.00 pm Numerical Study of the Cross-

Sectional Shape of Shallow

Tunnels Subjected to Impact

and Blast Loading

Rohan Dhamne

Swapnil Mishra

Ankesh Kumar

K. S. Rao

04.50

pm

05.00 pm Seismic response of

tunnels in jointed rock

mass

Ambika Srivastav

Neelema Satyam

05.00 pm 05.10 pm TBM Borability as a Function

of Rock Mineralogy and

Geotechnical Properties in

SLBC Tunnel of AMR

Project, Telengana, India.

D. Ramakrishna 05.00

pm

05.10 pm Evaluation of the Post-

earthquake Damages to

Houses of Tarakeswar-

19, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kumud Raj Kafle

Shova Adhikari

05.10 pm 05.20 pm Excavation of Silt Flushing

Tunnel (SFT) in Difficult

Geological Conditions-A Case

Study

G.C.Pargaien

Ved Prakesh

N.S.Thakur

05.10

pm

05.20 pm Reservoir Triggered

Seismicity Scenario with

Special Emphasis to the

Himalayas & Suggested

Assessment Plan

Pallavi Khanna

S.L. Kapil

05.20 pm 05.30 pm Geological and Geotechnical

Challenges Faced During

Construction of Rohtang

Highway Tunnel – A Case

Study

Mridupam Pathak

Sandeep Kumar

Saini

05.20

pm

05.30 pm Seismic Hazard Micro

zonation of Chennai

Metropolis

V. Rama Murthy

R. Balaji

R. Srinivasan

Day #2: 04.12.2018 (Tuesday)

Technical Session-6: Theme: Keynote Addresses

Venue: Auditorium

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09.00 am 09.20 am Earthquake-induced Landslides in the Nepal Himalaya – Few Understanding

and Research Progresses

Dr. Ranjan K. Dahal

09.20 am 09.40 am Recommendations for Selection of construction Methods on The Basis of

Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR)

R C Bhandari

09.40 am 10.00 am Presenting Engineering Geology as an Esoteric Subject Shri Imran Sayeed

10.00 am 10.20 am Resolution of Critical Problems Faced During Construction of Hydro Projects

through Advanced Geophysical Techniques

Shri. S. L. Kapil

10.20 am 10.40 am Geotechnical Evaluation of Proposed Powerhouse Cutslope of Goriganga-IIIA

H.E. Project, Uttarakhand

Arindom Chakraborty

RC Sharma,

D.C. Tripathi*

Narendra Kumar

10.40 am 11.00 am Experiences of Using Tunneling Quality Index for the Construction of Large

Underground Caverns of Lift Irrigations Projects

Dr. A.K. Naithani

11.00 am 11.20 am Tea Break

11.20 am 11.40 am Geo-environmental slope failure management system Dr. Kishor Kumar

11.40 am 12.00

noon

Deployment of an experimental People-centric Landslide Early Warning

System at Giddapahar village, Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal

Dr. Pankaj Jaiswal

12.00 noon 12.20 pm Hydroelectric Caverns Stability Evaluation and Rock Bolts Failure

Investigation using Induced Seismicity

Sivakumar Cherukuri

12.20 pm 12.40 pm Managing geological situations in hydropower projects In Himalayas Dr. Gopal Dhawan

12.40 pm 01.00 pm Optimisation of Geological Explorations for Formulation of Bankable DPR

for Water Resources Projects

Dr. Y. P. Sharda

01.00 pm 02.00 pm Lunch Break

Technical Session-7: Theme: Challenges in slope stability measures Technical Session-8: Theme: Challenges in Testing, Instrumentation and

Monitoring of Rocks, Soils and various components of River Valley Projects

Venue: Auditorium Venue: Conference Hall 1

02.00 pm 02.10 pm Stability of Cut Slopes on Either

Abutment Of Koteshwar Dam,

Uttarakhand

Harish

Bahuguna

02.00 pm 02.10 pm Current aspects and Future

roles of Geotechnical

Instrumentation in monitoring

the performance of

Underground Structures

Ganesh

Muralidharan

Narendra Kumar

Tomar

02.10 pm 02.20 pm Kinematic Analysis to Assess the

Stability of Slopes in Opencast

Coalmines

D.N. Sharma 02.10 pm 02.20 pm Geotechnical instrumentation

for tunnel & cavern projects.

Narendra Tomar

02.20 pm 02.30 pm Challenges in Rock Slope Stability

Analysis – A Case Study

Sharique

Khan,

Akhil Raj,

Lalit Pathak,

Aman Khullar

02.20 pm 02.30 pm Assessment of

Micromechanics Based

Elastoplastic Damage Model

for Kota Sandstone

Aditya Singh

Alok Kumar

Arindom

Chakraborty

K. Seshagiri Rao

02.30 pm 02.40 pm Stability assessment of high cut-

slopes in soft rocks- a case study,

Dubai

Mohammad K

Shatnawi

Mohd J.

Ahmed

K.

Mohammed

Musthafa

Kurian Jacob

Kashif

Nadeem

02.40 pm 02.50 pm Back Analysis along the slopes of

Bandarkot village in Uttarkashi

district of Uttarakhand

Sebabrata Das

Prathvi Singh

Bhupender

Singh

Bhupendra

Singh

Technical Session-9: Theme: Challenges in Urban Geology, Medical Geology

and Geoenvironment issues vis-à-vis Urbanisation and Developing Smart

Cities

02.50 pm 03.00 pm Localized Stability Assessments for

a Powerhouse Back Cut-slope

A.P. Singh

Ankit Singh

T. Singh

K.S. Rao

Venue: Conference Hall 1

03.00 pm 03.10 pm Characteristics of Degree of

Compaction and Stiffness of Two

Different Embankment Slopes: A

Case Study

Suman

Manandhar

Noriyuki

Yasufuku

Ranjan

Kumar

Dahal

Mitsuru

Taniyama

02.30 pm 02.40 pm Medical Geology For

Societal Development and

Indian Perspective

Harish Mistry

03.10 pm 03.20 pm Stability Analysis for the Back

Slopes of Powerhouse of Bhasmey

Hydroelectric Project, Sikkim,

India

Hemlata

Gupta,

Ashok Kr.

Singh

02.40 pm 02.50 pm Urbanisation and Smart City

Developments vis-a-vis

Challenges in Urban

Geology, Medical Geology

and Geo-environmental

Issues

Debasish

Bhattacharya

Mausam Yadav

03.20 pm 03.30 pm Rock falls in `a’ā flows of Deccan

Trap Basalts: Case studies from

Western Maharashtra, India

Rahul A.

Joshi

Lalitkumar

K.

Kshirsagar

Pradeep B.

Jadhav

02.50 pm 03.00 pm Geo-environmental

Challenges: A Case

Study of Dharamshala,

Himachal Pradesh

Atul Kumar Rai

Amar Prem

Chaurasia

03.30 pm 03.40 pm Slope stability problem of the

hillock portion of Kanupur

Irrigation Project, Keonjhar

district, Odisha

Debaprasad

Sahoo

Dwaipayan

Bhattacharya

Shayam

Kumar

Jaydip

Mukherjee

03.00 pm 03.10 pm River Setback for

Settlement Planning in

Melamchi Municipality of

Sindhupal Chowk District,

Nepal

Chandani

Bhandari

Ranjan K. Dahal

Anita Shrestha

Manita Timilsina

Technical Session-10: Theme: Challenges in safe construction practices

Venue: Conference Hall 1

03.10 pm 03.20 pm Various Factors Affecting

Stability of Soil Nailing: State

of Art

Archita Goyal

A.K. Shrivastava

03.20 pm 03.30 pm Problem of consideration of

tunnel in a deep cutting reach

of Rengali Right Bank Canal,

Dhenkanal District, Odisha

Jaydip Mukherjee

03.30 pm 03.40 pm Effect of Different

Overburden Depth on the

Stresses Developing in a

Tunnel Lining

Parvesh Kumar

A.K. Shrivastava

03.40 pm 04.00 pm Tea Break 03.40 pm 04.00 pm Tea Break

Technical Session-11: Theme: Challenges in Geophysical Investigation Techniques for Engineering Project for Deep Probing

Venue: Auditorium

04.00 pm 04.10 pm Geophysical survey for addressing geo-environmental problem due to

unplanned rapid urbanization.

P. C. Jha & H S Venkatesh

04.10 pm 04.20 pm Near Surface Geophysics And Far Reaching Applications- A Recent Success

Story From Chennampalli Fort Area, Kurnool District, A.P.

J V Rama Rao

B. Ravi Kumar

04.20 pm 04.30 pm Deep probing through Ground Penetrating Radar – Case study from Antarctica. Ashit Kumar Swain

04.30 pm 04.40 pm Seismic Exploration to predict geological risk along tunnel through inaccessible

mountains by Tunnel Seismic Prediction

Kripal Choudhary

Thomas Dickmann

J. Hecht-Mendez

04.40 pm 04.50 pm Geophysical Studies for Bedrock Configuration and Competence of the Bed

Rock Along Dam Axis, Song Dam, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand

H.P. Mishra, Amar Singh,

Mehadi Hasan, P. Sharma

R.P. Rai

04.50 pm

05.00 pm Applications of Geophysics in addressing the Societal Issues for Geo-scientific

point of view

Dr. Dinesh Gupta

D. V. Ramamurthy

05.00 pm 05.10 pm Audio Magnetotelluric (AMT): A suitable technique to investigate deeper

geological structures for large civil engineering, nuclear and hydroelectric projects

Rajib Kumar Sinharay

Concluding Session:

Venue: Auditorium

From To

05.30 pm 06.00 pm Panel Discussion & Wrap-up Session

06.00 pm 06.30 pm High Tea

Day:3 Date 05.12.2018 (Wednesday)

Field Visit to Srisailam: AMRP-SLBC TBM Tunnel Project

From To

06.00 am 10.00 am Journey by bus to reach Srisailam. (Breakfast enroute)

10.00 am 01.00 pm Visit to TBM driven tunnel project (Courtesy M/s Jaypee Associates)

01.00 pm 02.00 pm Lunch Break

02.00 pm 04.00 pm Visit to Srisailam Dam

04.00 pm 05.00 pm Visit to Srisailam Temple

05.00 pm 09.00 pm Journey back to Hyderabad.

Poster Presentations (3-4 December 2018)

EGCON-2018, Hyderabad

Day #1: 03.12.2018 (Monday)

Sl No Title Authors

1. On Some Geotechnical Investigation Aspects Encountered During Its Construction Stage Of Central

Spillway of Dindi Balancing Reservoir Project under Alimineti Madhava Reddy –Srisailam Left Bank

Canal Scheme, Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool Districts, Telangana, India

Ajaya Kumar

T. Nagaraj

2. Feasibility Stage Geotechnical Investigation of Tunnel and Pump House Complex, Package-14 Forming

a Component of Kaleshwaram Project, Siddipet District, Telangana

B. Ajaya Kumar

T. Nagaraj

3. Feasibility stage Geotechnical Investigation along proposed tunnel alignment between Ch. 58.550 and

64.148km of Package- 18, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi, Medak District,

Telangana

H.C. Khanduri

B. P. Rawat

4. Geotechnical Investigations on Parts of Tunnel between Ramappa Tank and Dharmasagar Tank, J.

Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme, Phase-III, Warangal District, Telangana State

G.J.S. Prasad

B. Ajaya Kumar

Shailendra Kumar Singh

M. Sridhar

K. Premchand

5. Geotechnical appraisal of a Muti-storied Parking Plaza in Mangan, North Sikkim, Sikkim Jaydip Mukherjee

6. Foundation Related Problems to Alternate Sequence of Soft and Hard Formations at Non-Overflow Dam,

Kakarla Saddle under Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

T. Nagaraj

Dr. K.R.K. Prasad

7. Geotechnical Document on the Weir Foundations and its Appurtenant Structures, Kosini Balancing

Reservoir Under Komaram Bhim Project, Adilabad District, Telangana

T. Nagaraj

B. K. Bhandaru

8. 40 Km Slide On National Highway 31A, Darjeeling District, West Bengal- A Case Study Jaydip Mukherjee,

K.V. Chandran

9. Macro scale (1:50,000) landslide susceptibility mapping in Toposheet nos. 53A/12 (part), 53A/16 &

53E/04 parts of Shimla, Solan and Bilaspur districts, Himachal Pradesh.

A. Ramesh Kumar

Athira S G

Manoj Kumar

Atul Kohli

10. Geological assessment of Naitwar Bazaar Landslide, Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand Vinay, Sebabrata Das

Brij Mohan Gairola

G. S. Pundir

Day #2: 04.12.2018 (Tuesday)

Sl No Title Authors

11. Macro Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping In Parts Of Solan, Shimla And Sirmur

Districts, Himachal Pradesh

Vinay Nabiyal

Kundan Digamber Rangari

Manoj Kumar

12. Terrain-Based Landslide Susceptibility Model by Multiclass Index Overlay Method in Parts of Shimla

and Sirmour Districts, Himachal Pradesh

Jina Mandal

K. Lakshmanan

Manoj Kumar

13. Soil Mechanics: Consistency Test Data for Subsurface Investigation & liquefaction. A Case Study of

Pondicherry Seismic Microzonation.

S. P. Dhanvijay

B.Ajaya Kumar

14. Challenges in Hazard Mitigation of Landslides and Earthquakes Debasish Bhattacharya

Sushmita Sinha

15. Geotechnical investigations on foundations of spillway, Polavaram irrigation project, West Godavari

district, Andhra Pradesh.

B. Ajaya Kumar

G.J.S. Prasad

16. Construction stage geotechnical appraisal on the off-line Gottimukkala earth dam project, Dindi lift

irrigation scheme, Nalgonda district, Telangana, India.

T. Nagaraj

B. Ajaya Kumar

Shailendra Kumar Singh

17. Applications and future of ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a near-surface geophysical technique: A

review

Rajib Kumar Sinharay

18. Soil mechanics: Consistency Test Data for subsurface investigation & liquefaction: A case study of

Pondicherry Seismic Microzonation.

S. P. Dhanvijay

B.Ajaya Kumar

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