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DESIGN OF SEASIDE DYKE FOR THE KALPASAR PROJECT, GUJARAT

DESK STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF COASTAL PROTECTION WORK AT FANSA (MANGELWAD TO BARIYAWAD), UMARGAM, DISTRICT VALSAD, GUJARAT

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DESK STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF COASTAL PROTECTION WORKS AT MAROLI, KALGAM AND FANSA VILLAGE, UMARGAM TALUKA, VALSAD DISTRICT, GUJARAT

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DESK STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF GROYNES FOR BANK PROTECTION WORK AT BORSI-MACHHIWAD, NAVSARI, GUJARAT

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DESK AND WAVE FLUME STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF BREAKWATER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GATEWAY PORT AT KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

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MATHEMATICAL MODEL STUDIES FOR SURGE ANALYSIS OF WARDHA BARRAGE (HADGAON) LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME-1 TALUKA: BABHULGAON; DISTRICT: YAVATMAL, MAHARASTRA

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MATHEMATICAL MODEL STUDIES FOR SURGE ANALYSIS OF WARDHA BARRAGE (HADGAON) LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME-2 TALUKA: BABHULGAON; DISTRICT: YAVATMAL, MAHARASTRA

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HYDRAULIC MODEL STUDIES FOR LEFT FLANK HEAD REGULATOR OF POLAVARAM IRRIGATION PROJECT, ANDHRA PRADESH

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DESK AND WAVE FLUME STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF BREAK WATER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI PURPOSE HARBOUR AT BUYNDUR, KARNATAKA

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Geotechnical Engineering (Soil) division under the ‘Foundations and Structures’ group of CWPRS is engaged in conducting specialized geotechnical studies for assessing safety, stability and seepage aspects of various structures such as earthen dams, tailings dams, ash dykes, barrages, hill slopes, embankments, mine slopes, river protection works, breakwaters, navigation channels, shore slopes, etc.

More than 300 studies have been conducted so far for various government agencies, PSUs and private firms.The major clientele includes dam authorities, power plant corporations, port trusts, river management authorities, railways, municipal corporations, irrigation departments and various other offices of state and central government of India. Studies have also been conducted for neighboring countries like Bhutan.

Broad areas of expertise

Static and seismic stability of earthen, rockfill and tailings dams, ash dykes
Seepage studies for earthen dams, tailings/ ash dykes and barrages
Evaluation of liquefaction potential of soils
Stability and settlement analysis of breakwaters, shore slopes, navigation channels, embankments, hill slopes, etc.
Ground improvement measures for weak foundations
Guidance for geotechnical field investigations and estimation of engineering soil properties
Laboratory testing for determination of physical, hydraulic and engineering properties of soil samples
Application of geosynthetics, recommending suitable geosynthetics and assessing stability of structures with geosynthetics, laboratory testing of geotextiles

Tri axial shear
Direct shear
Consolidation
Proctor compaction
Permeability (constant and falling head)
Grain size analysis
Consistency limits
Specific gravity
Vane shear
Cyclic simple shear
Geotextile tensile testing machine (20 kN) for Wide Width, Grab, Trapezoidal Tear and Static puncture tests
Cone drop test
Permeability
UV chamber to determine strength degradation due to exposure to UV rays
DOS based geotechnical software viz. SOLVIA, FEADAM, QUAD4
PLAXIS 2D
FLAC and TALREN
PLAXIS 2D and FLAC

Serial No.	Title of the Projects	Client/Sponsoring Agency
1	Rim stability of submergence for Bunakha HE Project, Bhutan	THDC Ltd, Bhutan
2	Stability analysis of proposed rockfill dam section of composite lift dam Sankosh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan.	THDC Ltd, Bhutan
3	Slope stability analysis and earthquake induced deformation analysis of proposed Sankosh rockfill dam, Bhutan	THDC Ltd, Bhutan
4	Studies for rehabilitation of embankment on Miraj - Kolhapur railway line near bridge No. 36/1 on Panchganga river, Maharashtra	Central Railway, Pune, Maharashtra
5	Site inspection report of Hidkal dam, Tal. Hukkeri, Dist. Belagavi, Karnataka	Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (KNNL), Karnataka
6	Geotechnical stability and settlement studies for proposed breakwaters at Navabandar fisheries harbour, Gujarat	Fisheries Department, Gujarat
7	Geotechnical seepage and stability studies for zoned earth dam of Kurumurthiraya reservoir, Telangana	Irrigation & CAD Department, Telangana
8	Geotechnical seepage and stability studies for zoned earth dam of Mallannasagar reservoir, Telangana	Irrigation & CAD Department, Telangana
9	Evaluation of properties of geotextile material of geotubes received from Port Division, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra	Sindhudurg Port Division, PWD, Maharashtra
10	Geotechnical studies for seepage and stability analysis of zoned earth dam of Anjanagiri reservoir, Telangana	Irrigation & CAD Department, Irrigation & CAD Department, Telangana
11	Geotechnical seepage studies for earth dam of Kurha – Vadhoda Islampur sinchan yojana, Maharashtra	Irrigation Department, Maharashtra
12	Geotechnical studies for seepage and stability analysis of Kangsabati-Kumari dam, Dist Bankura, West Bengal	WAPCOS, West Bengal
13	Determination of soil properties and assessing suitability of soil for hearting zone of proposed Lower Tapi project, Jalgaon, Maharashtra	Irrigation Department, Maharashtra
14	Stability and settlement analysis for proposed training walls at Tenginagundi - Alvekodi in Uttar Kannada Dist. Karnataka	Karwar Port Authority, Karnataka
15	Geotechnical stability studies for breakwater and navigation channel at Paradip port, Odisha	Paradip Port Authority, Odisha
16	Geotechnical stability studies for proposed Jigaon earthen dam, Tal. Nandura, Dist. Buldhana, Maharashtra	Irrigation Department, Maharashtra
17	Reassessment of geotechnical stability after dredging and liquefaction studies for deep water breakwater at Kakinada Port, Andhra Pradesh	Kakinada Port Authority, Andhra Pradesh

J. S. Edlabadkar,Dr. Tanusree Samanta, A. D. Khot,Sheetal Waghmare , Geotechnical analysis for optimization of rehabilitation measures for earthen dam – A case study published in “International Conference on Dam Safety (ICDS) 2023” organized by DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS in collaboration with Rajasthan WRD, CWC, National Dam Safety Authority, MNIT Jaipur, WAPCOS ltd and World Bank at Jaipur, Rajasthan. 14-16 September, 2023.
J. S. Edlabadkar,Dr. Tanusree Samanta, A. D. Khot, Sheetal Waghmare Geotechnical seepage and stability studies for multi-zoned earthen dam - A case study published in 27th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Environmental and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2022) at Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh during December 2022
Dr. Tanusree Samanta,J. S. Edlabadkar,A. D. Khot Geotechnical stability and settlement analysis of rubble mound breakwater- A case study published in 27th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Environmental and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2022) at Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh during December 2022
J. S. Edlabadkar,Dr. Tanusree Samanta, A. D. Khot Optimization of remedial measures for mitigation of foundation seepage in earthen dam – A case study published in Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2022 at Kochi, Kerala during December 2022
J. S. Edlabadkar,M. V. Chhatre,Shruti Thorat Design of optimum remedial measures and its effect on seepage and stability aspects of an earth dam published in ICOLD Symposium on Sustainable Development of Dams & River Basins and APG Symposium & Workshops during February 2021
CWPRS Technical Memorandum on “Geotechnical stability of rubble mound breakwaters(2020)
Practice Manual“Use of Technical Textiles in water sector”Released by the Secretary, MoJS at CWC, New Delhi (2019)
M. V. Chhatre,J. S. Edlabadkar,Dr. Tanusree Samanta Geotechnical stability and settlement analysis for breakwaters at Karwar published in 6th National Conference on Coastal, Harbour and Ocean Engineering (INCHOE 2018) at CWPRS, Pune during September 2018
M. V. Chhatre,J. S. Edlabadkar,A. D. Khot Stability and Rehabilitation of earth dams - CWPRS case histories published in International Dam Safety Conference at Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala during January 2018
Guidelines“Geotextiles/ Geobags/ Geotubes in construction of flood management works” published by Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna, Bihar (2016)
R K Kamble, B. Muralidhar, M S Hanumathappa, A V Patil, Mrs. J S Edlabadkar, “A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Analysis and Control of Seepage in Hydraulic Structures” “ISH - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering” ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, (2014), 20 (1).
CWPRS Technical Memorandum on“Seepage through Hydraulic Structures – Analysis and control”(2012)

Serial No.	Name	Designation	Email Id	Phone Number
1	Smt. J. S. Edlabadkar	Scientist 'D'& HOD	edlabadkar[dot]js[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103387
2	Dr. (Smt.) Tanusree Samanta	Scientist 'C'	tanusree[dot]s[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103229
3	Shri Neeraj M. Meena	Scientist 'B'	meena[dot]neeraj[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103387
4	Shri A. D. Khot	Asst. Research Officer	khot[dot]ad[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103498
5	Smt. Sheetal Waghmare	Research Asst.	waghmare[dot]ss[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103229
6	Shri M.SMandale	UDC	mandale[dot]ms[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103387
7	Shri B .S Yadav	MTS	yadav[dot]bs[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103387
8	Shri Bhimani	MTS	asif[dot]b[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in	020-24103387