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Cum-Demonstration Prorgamme on Earthquake TWO DAYS AWARENESS –CUM-DEMONSTRATION PRORGAMME ON EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT CONSTRUCTIONS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH FOR THE JUNIOR ENGINEERS AND MASONS OF KINNAUR & LAHAUL & SPITI DISTRICTS, HIMACHAL PRADESH With the Technical Collaboration of CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE(CBRI), ROORKEE Organized by STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT, 34 SDA COMPLEX , KASUMPTI, SHIMLA-9 TWO DAYS TRAINING WORKSHOP ON EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT CONSTRUCTIONS VENUE: Bachat Bhwan Reckong Peo, District Kinnaur PROGRAMME: 29-30 July 2016 Day -1: 29 July 2016 (9:30AM-5:30PM) 9:30-10:30 Registration of Participants 10:30-11:40 Inaugural Function Sh.Kunal Satyarthi, IFS 10:30-10:40 Welcome Address Chief Scientific Officer-cum-Joint Member Secretary Sh.Ajay Kumar Lal, 10:40-10:50 Opening Remarks Director (Env.)GoHP-cum- Member Secretary(EC)SCSTE Dr.N.GopalKrishnan 10:50-11:00 Keynote Address Director, CBRI Roorkee Dr. N.K.Lath 11:00-11:10 Special Address by Guest of Honour Deputy Commissioner ,Kinnuar Hazard Vulnerability of Himachal Dr.S.S.Randhawa 11:10-11:30 Pradesh-An overview Senior Scientific Officer, SCSTE Sh.Jagat Singh Negi 11:30-11:45 Inaugural Address by Chief Guest Hon’ble Deputy Speaker 11:45-11:50 Vote of Thanks Dr. Y Pandey, CBRI Roorkee 11:50-12:00 Tea Break Appropriate Rural Housing Ar.S.K.Negi, Technologies and material for the 12:00-12:45 Head of the Division, District Kinnaur (H.P.)-general CBRI Roorkee Exposure on Philosophy Earthquake Resistant rural housing Dr.Ajay Chousaria, 12:45-01:30 techniques-general tips CBRI Roorkee 01:30-02:15 Lunch Break Design & Construction of Hill Houses Er.H.K.Jain, 02:15-03:15 -Durability and Safety CBRI Roorkee -Cost and Functional Efficiency Demonstration of Appropriate Er.H.K.Jain, Er.Rajeev & Er.Manoj 03:15-05:30 Housing Techniques CBRI Roorkee Day-2: 30 July 2016 (9:00AM-3:00PM) 09:00-09:30 Technical Film Show Impact of Landslides & their control Dr.Y Pandey 09:30-10:30 measures CBRI Roorkee Earthquake, wind and snow resistant Dr Ajay Chousaria 10:30-11:00 designs of houses CBRI Roorkee 11:00-11:15 Tea Break Er.H.K.Jain 11:15-12:00 Quality Control in Hill Construction CBRI Roorkee Er.H.K.Jain,Er.Rajeev and Er.Manoj 12:00-01:00 Demonstration of EQ safety in houses CBRI Roorkee 01:00-01:45 Lunch Break 01:45-03:00 Discussions & Way Forward TWO DAYS AWARENESS –CUM-DEMONSTRATION PRORGAMME ON EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT CONSTRUCTIONS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH FOR THE JUNIOR ENGINEERS AND MASONS OF KINNAUR & LAHAUL & SPITI DISTRICTS, HIMACHAL PRADESH INTRODUCTION: Himalayas are considered to be the youngest mountain chains in the world are still in building phase and are seismically very active. Himachal Pradesh which forms a part of the Northwestern Himalaya is highly vulnerable to different kinds of natural disasters. The state as a whole is prone to prominent natural disaster such as earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, avalanches, droughts etc. and the state experiences the fury of one or the other disaster every year. From the seismicity point of view Himachal Pradesh is considered to be very sensitive as it falls in zone V and IV as per the Seismic zoning Map of India. Zone V: Covers the areas liable to seismic intensity IX and above on Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. This is the most severe seismic zone and is referred as Very High Damage Risk Zone. Zone IV: Gives the area liable to MM VIII. This zone is second in severity to zone V. During the last century the state has been shaken by a number of micro as well as macro earthquakes. A number of damaging earthquakes has struck the state and the adjoining parts of Punjab,U.P.and J& K. Some of the prominent earthquakes that rocked the state are Kangra earthquake 1905(M=8.0) in which 18,815 people were killed, Kinnaur earthquake 1975 (M=6.7) in which 60 people lost their lives and Dharamshala earthquake 1986 (M5.7). During the last century the state experienced 141 earthquakes with the magnitude between 3-3.9 on Richter scale, 22 earthquakes having magnitude 4-4.9, 43 having magnitude between 5-5.9, 7 earthquakes having magnitude 6-6.9 and only 1 earthquake having magnitude 8 on Richter scale and there are about 1130 earthquakes with magnitude less than 3 on Richter scale. As per the earthquake hazard map of state, the areas falling in districts Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Hamirpur Bilaspur and Una are very sensitive as they fall in Very High Damage Risk Zone (MSK IX or More) where as the rest of the areas falls in High Damage Risk Zone (MSK VIII) Fig.1.Some of the major devastating earthquake that have rocked the state during the last century are as under: EARTHQUAKES HAVING MAGNITUDE 4 OR MORE ON RICHTER SCALE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH DURING THE LAST 200 YEARS S.No Year Month Day Magnitude Coordinates Tentative location 1 1809 - 5.5 30042’00” Near Labrang (Distt.Kinnaur) 780 30’00” 2 1827 9 5.5 32030’00” Near Dalhousie 76000’00” (Chamba Distt.) 3 1856 4 7 5 31000’00” Near Ranhog(Distt.Solan) 77000’00” 4 1858 8 11 5 3107’12” Shimla(Distt.Shimla) 77010’12” 5 1865 4 11 --- Shimla region 6 1905 4 4 8 32018’00” Karari Dal(Distt.Kangra) 76015’00” 7 1906 2 28 7 32000’00” Near Karshing(Distt.Kullu) 770 00’00” 8 1930 5 11 5.5 31042’00” Shila Kiepr (Mandi Distt.) 77000’00” 9 1940 4 7 ----- 31 05 Near kali Hatti ,District Shimla 77 00 10 1945 6 22 6.5 32036’00” Minu (Chmaba Distt.) 75054’00” 11 1947 7 10 6.2 32036’00” Minu (Chmaba Distt.) 75054’00” 12 1950 8 12 5.5 32036’00” Minu (Chmaba Distt.) 75054’00” 13 1951 9 22 6.4 32 36 East of Dhan Kanda ,District Chamba 76 30 14 1962 9 15 5.5 31054’00” Near Dehra Gopipur 76012’00” (Distt.Kangra) 15 1965 2 21 4.5 32 14 Near Bara Banghal, District kangra 76 54 16 1967 9 20 --- 32 36 Near Rajpura, District Chamba 76 06 17 1968 5 11 4.9 32 22 Near Atrori, District 76 22 Chamba 18 1969 1 23 4 32 14 Near Trilokpur,District Kangra 76 03 19 1970 3 5 4.9 32 24 Near Sani,District Chamba 76 29 20 1972 1 29 4.7 32 51 75 54 21 1973 12 16 4.9 32 17 Near Mordhu,District Chamba 76 01 22 1974 11 16 4.8 32 50 Tissa, District 76 08 Chamba 23 1975 10 30 5.2 32 54 Near Bhujara, District Chamba 76 00 24 1975 12 11 5.1 32 50 Near Jankar,Sumdo,Lahaul 76 58 & Spiti 25 1975 12 10 5 32 49 Near Chhajaut,District 76 11 Chamba 26 1975 1 19 6.7 31056’24” Distt.Kinnaur 78031’48” 27 1975 2 2 5.1 32033’36” Indo China Border 78053’00” 28 1975 7 19 5.1 31057’00” Near Chnago(Kinnaur Distt.) 78035’24” 29 1975 7 29 5.5 32034’12” Near Kanum 78029’24” (Distt.Kinnaur) 30 1975 2 10 5.3 32057’00” Near Janu Pass(ChambaDistt.) 76006’ 00” 31 1975 2 11 5 33000’00” Near Sathrundi (Chamba Distt.) 76010’12” 32 1976 1 7 5.3 32058’12” Dunchili Gad (Chamba Distt.) 7607’12” 33 1976 1 9 4.7 32 59 Along J&K Border 76 01 34 1976 2 5 5 31014’24” Near Chebri (Distt.Shimla) 77001’48” 35 1976 4 10 4.5 32 43 Near Balthal Got, District Chamba 76 30 36 1976 4 16 4 32 52 Near makkan, District Chamba 76 00 37 1976 7 6 5.1 32026’24” Near Raksham (Kinnaur Distt.) 78021’00” 38 1976 9 8 5.3 32014’08” Near Baspa origin(Kinnaur Distt.) 78045’36” 39 1977 2 19 5.4 31048’00” Near Rangbar Thachang 0 78 25’48” (Distt.Kinnaur) 40 1977 3 27 5.1 32040’12” Lenchichi (Kinnaur Distt.) 78039’36” 41 1978 6 14 5 32014’24” Near SinghauPass, along Kangra Border 0 76 36’36” District.Chamba 42 1979 1 19 4.1 32 22 Near Chandota Pass, District Chamba 76 28 43 1980 5 29 4.2 31 33 76 33 44 1980 9 4 4 32 00 Near Pajaund,District Mandi 76 54 45 1980 11 26 4 32 29 Near Khaddar,District Chamba 76 24 46 1981 2 14 4 32 35 Near Bara Kanda,District 76 37 Chamba 47 1981 6 19 4.5 32 43 Near Lohari,District Chamba 76 00 48 1981 6 13 5 31049’12” Nalpaya Thach (Distt.Kinnaur) 78027’36” 49 1981 5 28 5.2 31049’48” Barling (Kinnaur Distt.) 78025’48” 50 1982 5 18 4 32 25 Near Chagrauta ,District Chamba 76 24 51 1983 2 27 5.3 32036’00” Khadi Thach (Distt.Kinnaur) 78034’12” 52 1983 4 13 4 32 46 Near Tikkri Khas, District Chamba 76 14 53 1985 3 11 4.8 31 15 Near Malaun,District Shimla 77 00 54 1985 12 29 4.9 32 37 Near Theru, District Chamba 76 06 55 1986 4 26 5.5 32019’00” Near Nag Dal 0 (Boundary of 76 24’00” Chamba and Kangra distt.) 56 1987 6 10 4.7 31 55 Near Daton, District Chamba 76 26 57 1987 12 26 4.3 32 07 Near Dewal Khas,DIstrict Kangra 76 41 58 1991 6 23 4.6 32 18 Near Gataunda, 76 42 District Shimla 59 1992 1 26 4.5 32 16 Near Bhagsu Nath, District Kangra 76 24 60 1992 2 13 4.5 32 37 East of Dhan Kanda, District Chamba 76 30 61 1992 9 6 4.6 32 25 Near Darkund, District Chamba 76 20 62 1996 5 9 4 32 50 Near Kuntka Matha,DIstrict 76 19 Chamba 63 1996 5 23 4.2 32 42 Near East of Kagal Dhar, District 76 29 Chamba 64 1996 7 14 4.1 32 37 Near East of Dhan Kanda, DIstrict 76 31 Chamba 65 1996 9 14 4.6 32 49 Near Kala Ka Bhandar,District 76 22 Chamba 66 1997 7 29 4.7 31 33 Near Baldwara, District Mandi 76 48 67 1997 8 13 4.2 31 12 Near Jajjar, District Solan 76 41 68 1998 10 17 4.5 32 12 Near Kandha, District Kangra 76 32 69 1999 5 30 4.9 31 48 36 Near Miyang 78 54 36 Lung,District Kinnaur 70 1999 1 8 4.2 31 26 24 Near Mehog,District 77 18 00 Mandi 71 1999 5 30 4.9 31 48 36 Near Miyang Lung,District Kinnaur 78 54 36 72 1999 1 8 4.1 31 22 48 Near Karsog,District 77 17 24 Mandi 72 2000 4 28 4.1 31 30 36 Near mehbar, District 78 15 00 kinnaur 73 2000 8 28 4.5 32 01 48 78 18 00 74 2000 9 26 4 30 55 12 75 39 00 75 2000 6 17 4.3 31 48 00 Near Nalpaya, 78 27 00 DIstrict Kinnaur 76 2001 6 17 4.2 32 42 36 78 26 24 77 2001 1 22 4 31 04 12 Along Uttranchal 77 55 48 Border 78 2001 2 23 4 30 55 48 Along Uttranchal 78 00 00 Border 79 2001 9 18 5.1 33 13 12 75 36 36 80 2001 14 4.7 32 31 12 Near Pundla, District Chamba 76 06 00 81 2001 23 4.6 33 07 12 75 40 12 82 2002 1 27 5.1 33 06 36 75 49 48 83 2002 3 17 4.1 32 46 48 75 55 48 84 2002 2 17 4.1 33 06 00 75 40 48 (Source: IMD: India Meteorological Department, DLDH- Oldam (1883), ISS: International Seismological Summary, PDE: Preliminary Determination of Earthquakes) Kangra earthquake of 1905 (M=8.0) and Dharamshala earthquake of 26th April 1986 (M=5.7) indicates that the region surrounding Dharamshala is marked by complex tectonic environment where the slow accumulation of strain and its sudden release along the regional or local thrust sheets may lead to earthquake activity.
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