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ISSUE No. 48 July - December 2015

State Highway - 10 in the state of Odisha is an important highway which connect Sambalpur with Rourkela and runs through several towns and villages namely, Rengali, Lapanga, Jharsuguda, Kandabahal, Sundargarh, Bargaon, Kutra, OCL Industrial Township, Laing, Beldihi, etc. The existing SH-10 is a two lane bi-directional road with 2.5 m wide earthen shoulders on either side which was selected for developing it to four lane divided carriageway with 1.5 m paved shoulders by Odisha Works Department (OWD), Bhubaneswar on the principle of Design - Build -Finance - Operate (DBFO) model. The project corridor starts at Km. 4/900 on the outskirts of Sambalpur and ends on the urban fringes of Rourkela at Km. 167/900, a length of spanning of 163 Kms. The location of project highway is shown in Figure 1. Bypasses have been proposed in the design drawings at Rengali from Km. 22 /600 to Km. 27/060 and at Jharsuguda from Km.53/164 to Km. 62/600. At built up habitations, Flyovers and ROBs have been proposed as part of four-laning project.

For the purpose of project execution under the DBFO model, OWD appointed M/s. Larsen and Toubro Sambalpur Rourkela Tollway Limited (L & T - SRTL) as the Concessionaire and M/s Aarvee Associates,

Design Stage Road Safety Audit of Sambalpur - Rourkela Section of State Highway – 10 from Km 4/900 to Km 167/900

Hyderabad as the Independent Engineer (IE). Thereafter, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi was nominated by OWD as the Safety Consultant for carrying out Road Safety Audit (RSA) of the project corridor which encompasses the conduct of (a) RSA at the Design / Development Stage (b) RSA during the construction phase of the project and (c) RSA at the Pre-Opening stage. This is planned to ensure that the project corridor is developed by the Concessionaire conforming to the safety standards prescribed in the Indian Roads Congress document, IRC: SP-88 (2010) titled, "Manual on Road Safety Audit” and other International practices, wherever required.

As regards RSA during design stage, the horizontal alignment / curves, designed for the project corridor, were audited in accordance with IRC document namely, IRC:73 (1980) titled, “Geometric Design Standards for Rural (Non-Urban) Highways”according to which wherever horizontal curve is combined with vertical curve. the length of horizontal curve shall be more than the length of vertical curve , In certain cases, it was observed that the vertical curve is extending beyond the horizontal curve which may pose serious safety hazards. In such cases, the length of horizontal curve may be slightly increased or alternatively, the length of vertical curve may be slightly reduced as per the site conditions. As such, it is prudent to maintain a minimum horizontal curve length of 150 m in all the cases. At certain locations, the radius of the curve proposed for the project corridor is not in consonance with the design speed . At such locations, either the curves shall be redesigned with larger radii or in the event of land constraints, it is suggested to place speed limit signs to achieve the speed control measures on the finished road.

MAJOR PROJECTS / STUDIES UNDERTAKEN / COMPLETED

Figure 1 : Location Map of Project Highway from Sambalpur to Rourkela (SH-10)

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Major recommendations which have emerged from the Design Stage RSA are summarized below (some are also shown in Figure-2)

lDesign elements including the horizontal and vertical alignments

lProvision of adequate sight distance

lProvision of appropriate crash protection measures (in the form of wire ropes and metal beam crash barriers) on embankments and on horizontal curves

lProvision of Pedestrian Under Pass (PUP) and Vehicular Under Pass (VUP) at appropriate locations / chainages

lMedian openings at suitable locations for providing access to wayside amenities/ facilities like motels, fuel stations, etc,

lMeasures to avoid the phenomenon of glaring on valley curves

lProvision of Auxiliary lanes conforming to standards

lDesign major intersections conforming to standards

lProvide cross drainage facilities at the deepest point of design profile in order to avoid water logging on the main road during rains . The cross drainage facilities so provide shall be properly connected to longitudinal drains and the nearby canals.

lProvision of Right Turn Storage lanes (wherever there is a gap in median) to facilitate safe negotiation of U-Turning traffic.

It has further been recommended that chainage-wise compliance report shall be sent to CRRI well in advance by the Concessionaire. Constraints if any, faced by concessionaire towards the implementation of Design Audit RSA recommendation shall be indicated in the report. This would enable to arrive at a alternative plans/ solutions. Such identified issues would be discussed in the closure meeting of the Design Stage Audit and accordingly decisions would be taken.

Figure 2 : Pictorial Illustration of the Audit Recommendations

Figure 3 : Advanced Car Driving Simulator and Driver's Behavioural Test Designed by CSIR-CRRI

(a) Advanced Car Driving Simulator (DDSIM)

(b) Driver's Behavioural Test Designed by CSIR-CRRI

The Design and Development of Car Driving

Simulator( DDSIM) is a part of CSIR-CRRI

Networking Project (SUSTRANS) taken up under

12FYP in collaboration with CSIR-CSIO,

Chandigarh and CSIR-NAL, Bangaluru. The

advanced Car driving simulator is an actual car

model with actual parts of the car and has been

jointly developed with FAROS India Pvt. Ltd. for

screening out the unsafe and/or risk taking

drivers towards further modulation of their

behaviour through purposive and valid training.

The purposive and valid training with treatment

for harmonization of driver's behavior is

described below:

lEssential Psychomotor Traits for driving e.g.

Reaction Time, Speed and Distance

Judgment, Road Knowledge Test, Reactive

Stress Tolerance Test

lDifferent driving skills traits

lElementary, medium and advanced skill

levels

lPractice and test phases

lAfter performing certain selected tests

Complete Driver's Performance Report i.e.

Driver's Behavioral Traits + Skills is generated

for providing a purposive and valid training

programme.

lVarious hi-tech electronics and sensors for

Blood Pressure monitoring, Alertness device

to keep alert the driver during driving

Design and Development of Car Driving Simulator (DDSIM)

1) Actual Car Body

2) Actual Accessories

3) Full size projector screen to create actual

graphics

4) Three projectors to develop three directional

images

5) Actual live size hazards and traffic scenarios

6) Test to screen driver's behavioural traits

7) Full Diagnostic Report behavioural report + skill

test report

8) Accessories to provide test report of Blood

Pressure and continous facial expressions for

measuirng fatigue

Figure 3 gives pictorial views of advanced car driving

simulator and Driver's behavioural test designed at

CSIR-CRRI.

l

scenarios around India which seem realistic.

lThree projectors, mounted on the upper wall of the

room, produce hi-tech images of road

infrastructure so that the driver feels the most

realistic view inside the car.

lThe simulator also generates different road side

hazards and stimuli which the instructor can create

suddenly between the driving session for which the

driver has to react while driving leading to

generating his/her reaction time.

lThe evaluation done using advanced car driving

simulator is helpful for undertaking in-depth

research to see how reactions change depending

on situation of driver's physical and mental status,

age and gender.

Various parts and accessories of the simulator are listed

below:

Actual road graphics taken from the realistic

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Major recommendations which have emerged from the Design Stage RSA are summarized below (some are also shown in Figure-2)

lDesign elements including the horizontal and vertical alignments

lProvision of adequate sight distance

lProvision of appropriate crash protection measures (in the form of wire ropes and metal beam crash barriers) on embankments and on horizontal curves

lProvision of Pedestrian Under Pass (PUP) and Vehicular Under Pass (VUP) at appropriate locations / chainages

lMedian openings at suitable locations for providing access to wayside amenities/ facilities like motels, fuel stations, etc,

lMeasures to avoid the phenomenon of glaring on valley curves

lProvision of Auxiliary lanes conforming to standards

lDesign major intersections conforming to standards

lProvide cross drainage facilities at the deepest point of design profile in order to avoid water logging on the main road during rains . The cross drainage facilities so provide shall be properly connected to longitudinal drains and the nearby canals.

lProvision of Right Turn Storage lanes (wherever there is a gap in median) to facilitate safe negotiation of U-Turning traffic.

It has further been recommended that chainage-wise compliance report shall be sent to CRRI well in advance by the Concessionaire. Constraints if any, faced by concessionaire towards the implementation of Design Audit RSA recommendation shall be indicated in the report. This would enable to arrive at a alternative plans/ solutions. Such identified issues would be discussed in the closure meeting of the Design Stage Audit and accordingly decisions would be taken.

Figure 2 : Pictorial Illustration of the Audit Recommendations

Figure 3 : Advanced Car Driving Simulator and Driver's Behavioural Test Designed by CSIR-CRRI

(a) Advanced Car Driving Simulator (DDSIM)

(b) Driver's Behavioural Test Designed by CSIR-CRRI

The Design and Development of Car Driving

Simulator( DDSIM) is a part of CSIR-CRRI

Networking Project (SUSTRANS) taken up under

12FYP in collaboration with CSIR-CSIO,

Chandigarh and CSIR-NAL, Bangaluru. The

advanced Car driving simulator is an actual car

model with actual parts of the car and has been

jointly developed with FAROS India Pvt. Ltd. for

screening out the unsafe and/or risk taking

drivers towards further modulation of their

behaviour through purposive and valid training.

The purposive and valid training with treatment

for harmonization of driver's behavior is

described below:

lEssential Psychomotor Traits for driving e.g.

Reaction Time, Speed and Distance

Judgment, Road Knowledge Test, Reactive

Stress Tolerance Test

lDifferent driving skills traits

lElementary, medium and advanced skill

levels

lPractice and test phases

lAfter performing certain selected tests

Complete Driver's Performance Report i.e.

Driver's Behavioral Traits + Skills is generated

for providing a purposive and valid training

programme.

lVarious hi-tech electronics and sensors for

Blood Pressure monitoring, Alertness device

to keep alert the driver during driving

Design and Development of Car Driving Simulator (DDSIM)

1) Actual Car Body

2) Actual Accessories

3) Full size projector screen to create actual

graphics

4) Three projectors to develop three directional

images

5) Actual live size hazards and traffic scenarios

6) Test to screen driver's behavioural traits

7) Full Diagnostic Report behavioural report + skill

test report

8) Accessories to provide test report of Blood

Pressure and continous facial expressions for

measuirng fatigue

Figure 3 gives pictorial views of advanced car driving

simulator and Driver's behavioural test designed at

CSIR-CRRI.

l

scenarios around India which seem realistic.

lThree projectors, mounted on the upper wall of the

room, produce hi-tech images of road

infrastructure so that the driver feels the most

realistic view inside the car.

lThe simulator also generates different road side

hazards and stimuli which the instructor can create

suddenly between the driving session for which the

driver has to react while driving leading to

generating his/her reaction time.

lThe evaluation done using advanced car driving

simulator is helpful for undertaking in-depth

research to see how reactions change depending

on situation of driver's physical and mental status,

age and gender.

Various parts and accessories of the simulator are listed

below:

Actual road graphics taken from the realistic

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Under this study, spatial and seasonal variations of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) were measured at different locations in Delhi. Passive based (activated charcoal) sampling methodology was adopted for the collection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and the analysis was carried out using GC-FID instrument. Four different categories for the purpose of sampling sites were chosen (residential, traffic junctions, road side corridors and petrol pumps).

The sampling was done for one week time in the month of Oct 2013, Nov 2013, Jan 2014, Feb 2014, March 2014 and May 2014. At residential sites i.e. in NPL Colony, Kalkaji and CSIR Scientist Apartment, Benzene was

3found to be in the range of 0.334-0.500 µg/m ; Toluene 3in the range of 0.149-0.407 µg/m ; Xylene in the range

3of 0 to 1.232 µg/m ; and Ethyl benzene in the range of 0 3to 0.101µg/m . At traffic intersections near Ashram,

Patel Chowk and Ring Road Patel Chowk (this location was about 200 to 300 meter away from the main intersection), Benzene was in the range of 0.395 to

Study of Benzene and Volatile Organic Compounds for Corridors of Delhi

0.572 µg/m ; Toluene was in the range of 0.244 to 0.348 3µg/m ; Xylene was in the range of 1.950 and 2.059 3 3µg/m ; and Ethyl benzene from 0 to 0.089 µg/m . The

mean concentration of BTXE at all the locations was 3 30.622 µg/m , 0.361 µg/m3, and 1.037 µg/m and 0.122

3µg/m respectively. The average concentration of 3benzene was highest at petrol pump 3.5 µg/m

however at all other sampling sites it was in the range of 30.294 to 0.712 µg/m . The mean concentration value

shows that the Xylene concentration dominates more in Delhi as compared to Benzene.

The highest concentration of most VOC species in terms of maximum and mean concentration was found at the fuelling stations. The total average BTXE

3concentration at road side corridors was 0.594 µg/m ; 3at residential corridors was 0.262 µg/m ; at traffic

intersections it was 0.649 µg/m3; and at petrol filling 3stations it was 1.457 µg/m . The concentration was in

the order of petrol filling stations> intersections>road side corridors> residential area (Table 1).

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In order to improve the condition of Goplapura By-pass from Tonk Road Junction to Ajmer Road – Bhankarota Junction at Jaipur, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is intending to construct Thin White Topping (TWT) over the existing bituminous road. JDA has requested CRRI to provide the structural design of TWT and also the technical guidance during construction.

Design of Thin White Topping for the Improvement of Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur

The length of six lane dual carriageway road is approximately 9.5 km. The width of each carriageway is 11.5 m with 1.8 m wide median. Figure 6 shows the condition of existing bituminous surface which is found to be good and suitable for white topping . Thin white topping of M40 Grade concrete and 180 mm thick was recommended after milling the top 50 mm of the existing bituminous surface.

Figure 6 : Existing Bituminous Surface in Good Condition Suitable for White Topping

Figures 4 and 5 show the predominance of Xylene at almost all the locations. The influential VOC species in case of diesel engine exhaust are benzene, ethylbenzene, xylene, propane, n-decane and undecane. In case of gasoline vehicle exhaust, the influential species are benzene, ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-methylbenzene, 1,3,5-methylbenzene, n-hexane and

2-methylhexane. So, Xylene is mainly coming from diesel exhaust since gasoline vehicle exhaust doesn't show this specie. Source apportionment study using chemical mass balance (CMB) model indicate that emissions from diesel internal combustion engines dominate in Delhi. This data shows the predominance of diesel driven vehicles in Delhi.

Figure 4 : Typical Spatial Variation of BTEX at Various Sampling Sites in Delhi

Figure 5 : Variation of BTEX for Different Categories of Sampling

Benzene Toluene Xylene Ethylbenzene BTXE

Road side corridors 0.398 0.136 1.713 0.128 0.594

Residence 0.438 0.270 0.308 0.031 0.262

Intersections 0.478 0.293 1.797 0.030 0.649

Petrol filling station 1.922 1.173 1.866 0.868 1.457

Table 1: Average BTEX Concentrations at Various Corridors of Delhi

Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) undertook the construction of Signature Bridge across Yamuna River in Wazirabad. The eastern approach to the bridge from Bhajanpura side has been constructed as Rigid Pavement on fly ash embankment. The length of the approach road with six lane divided carriageway Is 1.5 km. Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) and Dry Lean Concrete (DLC) were laid with slip form paver.

Quality Assurance for the Construction of Rigid Pavement on Eastern Approach to Signature Bridge in Wazirabad, Delhi

Central Road Research Institute performed the quality assurance work for the rigid pavement construction. The work included the checking of construction drawings, vetting of construction methodology,

random sampling of materials from construction site, and providing suggestions whenever required for the improvement of quality of work. Figure 7 presents typical illustrations of works in progress at site.

PQC being Laid with Slip Form Paver Curing of PQC with Hesian Cloth

Figure 7 : Typical Illustrations of Works in Progress at site

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Under this study, spatial and seasonal variations of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) were measured at different locations in Delhi. Passive based (activated charcoal) sampling methodology was adopted for the collection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and the analysis was carried out using GC-FID instrument. Four different categories for the purpose of sampling sites were chosen (residential, traffic junctions, road side corridors and petrol pumps).

The sampling was done for one week time in the month of Oct 2013, Nov 2013, Jan 2014, Feb 2014, March 2014 and May 2014. At residential sites i.e. in NPL Colony, Kalkaji and CSIR Scientist Apartment, Benzene was

3found to be in the range of 0.334-0.500 µg/m ; Toluene 3in the range of 0.149-0.407 µg/m ; Xylene in the range

3of 0 to 1.232 µg/m ; and Ethyl benzene in the range of 0 3to 0.101µg/m . At traffic intersections near Ashram,

Patel Chowk and Ring Road Patel Chowk (this location was about 200 to 300 meter away from the main intersection), Benzene was in the range of 0.395 to

Study of Benzene and Volatile Organic Compounds for Corridors of Delhi

0.572 µg/m ; Toluene was in the range of 0.244 to 0.348 3µg/m ; Xylene was in the range of 1.950 and 2.059 3 3µg/m ; and Ethyl benzene from 0 to 0.089 µg/m . The

mean concentration of BTXE at all the locations was 3 30.622 µg/m , 0.361 µg/m3, and 1.037 µg/m and 0.122

3µg/m respectively. The average concentration of 3benzene was highest at petrol pump 3.5 µg/m

however at all other sampling sites it was in the range of 30.294 to 0.712 µg/m . The mean concentration value

shows that the Xylene concentration dominates more in Delhi as compared to Benzene.

The highest concentration of most VOC species in terms of maximum and mean concentration was found at the fuelling stations. The total average BTXE

3concentration at road side corridors was 0.594 µg/m ; 3at residential corridors was 0.262 µg/m ; at traffic

intersections it was 0.649 µg/m3; and at petrol filling 3stations it was 1.457 µg/m . The concentration was in

the order of petrol filling stations> intersections>road side corridors> residential area (Table 1).

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In order to improve the condition of Goplapura By-pass from Tonk Road Junction to Ajmer Road – Bhankarota Junction at Jaipur, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is intending to construct Thin White Topping (TWT) over the existing bituminous road. JDA has requested CRRI to provide the structural design of TWT and also the technical guidance during construction.

Design of Thin White Topping for the Improvement of Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur

The length of six lane dual carriageway road is approximately 9.5 km. The width of each carriageway is 11.5 m with 1.8 m wide median. Figure 6 shows the condition of existing bituminous surface which is found to be good and suitable for white topping . Thin white topping of M40 Grade concrete and 180 mm thick was recommended after milling the top 50 mm of the existing bituminous surface.

Figure 6 : Existing Bituminous Surface in Good Condition Suitable for White Topping

Figures 4 and 5 show the predominance of Xylene at almost all the locations. The influential VOC species in case of diesel engine exhaust are benzene, ethylbenzene, xylene, propane, n-decane and undecane. In case of gasoline vehicle exhaust, the influential species are benzene, ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-methylbenzene, 1,3,5-methylbenzene, n-hexane and

2-methylhexane. So, Xylene is mainly coming from diesel exhaust since gasoline vehicle exhaust doesn't show this specie. Source apportionment study using chemical mass balance (CMB) model indicate that emissions from diesel internal combustion engines dominate in Delhi. This data shows the predominance of diesel driven vehicles in Delhi.

Figure 4 : Typical Spatial Variation of BTEX at Various Sampling Sites in Delhi

Figure 5 : Variation of BTEX for Different Categories of Sampling

Benzene Toluene Xylene Ethylbenzene BTXE

Road side corridors 0.398 0.136 1.713 0.128 0.594

Residence 0.438 0.270 0.308 0.031 0.262

Intersections 0.478 0.293 1.797 0.030 0.649

Petrol filling station 1.922 1.173 1.866 0.868 1.457

Table 1: Average BTEX Concentrations at Various Corridors of Delhi

Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) undertook the construction of Signature Bridge across Yamuna River in Wazirabad. The eastern approach to the bridge from Bhajanpura side has been constructed as Rigid Pavement on fly ash embankment. The length of the approach road with six lane divided carriageway Is 1.5 km. Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) and Dry Lean Concrete (DLC) were laid with slip form paver.

Quality Assurance for the Construction of Rigid Pavement on Eastern Approach to Signature Bridge in Wazirabad, Delhi

Central Road Research Institute performed the quality assurance work for the rigid pavement construction. The work included the checking of construction drawings, vetting of construction methodology,

random sampling of materials from construction site, and providing suggestions whenever required for the improvement of quality of work. Figure 7 presents typical illustrations of works in progress at site.

PQC being Laid with Slip Form Paver Curing of PQC with Hesian Cloth

Figure 7 : Typical Illustrations of Works in Progress at site

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Massive road data base has been prepared (which is now at the verge of completion), for the development of road network in Bihar, which has then been integrated with intelligent thematic GIS Data base to convey information about a single aspect or theme,

Developing Thematic GIS Data base for Integrating Road Management System in Bihar

such as road length, road condition, road inventory, traffic data etc for planning and appraisal purpose at regional and local levels for use by engineers to build, maintain and operate these roads in an effective manner. The total length of road network in the State of Bihar is around 141435 Kms. In all SH, MDR and NH roads covering around 20000km were digitised. Original design structures for Thematic GIS Data base with the aim to integrate data with Road Management System (RMS) being developed in Bihar include 11 thematic layers (such as block map, district map, bridges/structures, railways, rivers/streams, settlement area (1:4000 scale), village points, forest, road condition

Mosaic Images of Satellite Imageries of Bihar

Figure 8 : Sattelite Imageries and Grid of Toposheet of Bihar

Grid of Surevy of India Toposheet of Bihar

(1:4000 scale for roads), road inventory, and traffic volume in database taking help of satellite imageries and toposheets ( Figure 8) and field data collected on roads , bridges and traffic has been prepared. Thematic mapping covers district wise total no of blocks and

villages, type of carriageway, road roughness, type of bridges, span or bridges, pavement and shoulder condition, side drain condition, and road traffic. Thematic layers are useful tools for engineers planners and researchers to investigate on problems faced due to deficiency of road infrastructure and transport ( Figure 9). The thematic tools can provide immediate information and action plan for current and future planning, budgeting and maintenance and rehabilitation needs to sustain the transportation needs of entire state. Training to more than120 engineers of Road construction department(RCD) were imparted at Patna( Figure 10 ).

Figure 9 : A typical Thematic Map of a Block in Siwan Figure 10 : Inauguration of Training Programme for the Engineers of RCD

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Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste is generated every time a building, road, bridge, industrial structure or a manufacturing facility is constructed, repaired, rehabilitated or demolished. The majority of such materials comes from building renovation and demolition. As per an estimate, India needs a landfill size of West Bengal in order to dump about 21,630 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) debris that would be generated between 2015 and 2030 from repair, rehabilitation, and demolition of old buildings and from new ones. C&D waste is typically composed of wood, plaster, concrete, asphalt cement, roofing materials, glass, plastics, metal, insulating materials, carpeting, and other similar materials depending on the locality of its origin. Figure 11 presents the composition of a typical C&D waste.

Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) derived from C&D waste is not homogeneous like Natural Aggregate (NA) derived from a crushed rock. Thus, it is very important to determine different components present in RCA i.e. mortar shell, brick, stones like sand stone, marble etc., that result in properties which are significantly different from virgin natural aggregate. On the other hand, there is a huge gap between demand and supply of good quality concrete aggregates. Therefore, an alternate source in the form of aggregate derived from C&D debris is being explored. From the evaluation of size distribution of coarse aggregate, it was decided to use aggregate in maximum size range of 10-25 mm. A comparison of important physical and mechanical properties of recycled aggregate with virgin natural crushed aggregate showed a significant reduction in the value of specific gravity, bulk density and abrasion resistance of recycled aggregate (Table 2). The water absorption of RCA was found 9 times to that of natural crushed aggregate.

Development of Technology for Compensating Strength Loss in Paving Concrete due to Use of Aggregate from C&D Debris

The study has concluded that mortar content attached to the recycled aggregate has lower density, higher water absorption, higher porosity and lower specific gravity than the virgin aggregate. The physical properties of RCA 'as mentioned above' result in the decrease in both mechanical strength such as compression strength, modulus of elasticity, density etc. as well as durability aspect of concrete. The durability issue is due to increase in porosity which is rendered by mortar attached to RCA since, the concrete made up of recycled aggregate consists of two Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ), (One between recycled aggregate and mortar attached to it and the other one between recycled aggregate and new cement matrix from concrete made up of RCA).

It is well documented that use of RCA results in 10-30% loss in strength of concrete containing it. To compensate the strength loss in concrete made with recycled concrete aggregate, the study suggests 50% replacement of coarse aggregate in the size range of 10-25mm.

Figure 11 : Typical composition of C&D Waste

Table 2: Physical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate Vis-à-Vis Natural Virgin Aggregate

Physical Properties Value % Reduction

RCA NA

Specific Gravity 2.24 2.71 20.9

Aggregate Impact Value (%) 27.94 23.10 20.9

Aggregate Crushing Value (%) 28.16 23.25 21.1

Abrasion Test Value (%) 66 28 135.7

Bulk Density (kg/m3) 1470 1650 12.2

Moisture Absorption (%) 5.00 0.48 941.6

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Massive road data base has been prepared (which is now at the verge of completion), for the development of road network in Bihar, which has then been integrated with intelligent thematic GIS Data base to convey information about a single aspect or theme,

Developing Thematic GIS Data base for Integrating Road Management System in Bihar

such as road length, road condition, road inventory, traffic data etc for planning and appraisal purpose at regional and local levels for use by engineers to build, maintain and operate these roads in an effective manner. The total length of road network in the State of Bihar is around 141435 Kms. In all SH, MDR and NH roads covering around 20000km were digitised. Original design structures for Thematic GIS Data base with the aim to integrate data with Road Management System (RMS) being developed in Bihar include 11 thematic layers (such as block map, district map, bridges/structures, railways, rivers/streams, settlement area (1:4000 scale), village points, forest, road condition

Mosaic Images of Satellite Imageries of Bihar

Figure 8 : Sattelite Imageries and Grid of Toposheet of Bihar

Grid of Surevy of India Toposheet of Bihar

(1:4000 scale for roads), road inventory, and traffic volume in database taking help of satellite imageries and toposheets ( Figure 8) and field data collected on roads , bridges and traffic has been prepared. Thematic mapping covers district wise total no of blocks and

villages, type of carriageway, road roughness, type of bridges, span or bridges, pavement and shoulder condition, side drain condition, and road traffic. Thematic layers are useful tools for engineers planners and researchers to investigate on problems faced due to deficiency of road infrastructure and transport ( Figure 9). The thematic tools can provide immediate information and action plan for current and future planning, budgeting and maintenance and rehabilitation needs to sustain the transportation needs of entire state. Training to more than120 engineers of Road construction department(RCD) were imparted at Patna( Figure 10 ).

Figure 9 : A typical Thematic Map of a Block in Siwan Figure 10 : Inauguration of Training Programme for the Engineers of RCD

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Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste is generated every time a building, road, bridge, industrial structure or a manufacturing facility is constructed, repaired, rehabilitated or demolished. The majority of such materials comes from building renovation and demolition. As per an estimate, India needs a landfill size of West Bengal in order to dump about 21,630 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) debris that would be generated between 2015 and 2030 from repair, rehabilitation, and demolition of old buildings and from new ones. C&D waste is typically composed of wood, plaster, concrete, asphalt cement, roofing materials, glass, plastics, metal, insulating materials, carpeting, and other similar materials depending on the locality of its origin. Figure 11 presents the composition of a typical C&D waste.

Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) derived from C&D waste is not homogeneous like Natural Aggregate (NA) derived from a crushed rock. Thus, it is very important to determine different components present in RCA i.e. mortar shell, brick, stones like sand stone, marble etc., that result in properties which are significantly different from virgin natural aggregate. On the other hand, there is a huge gap between demand and supply of good quality concrete aggregates. Therefore, an alternate source in the form of aggregate derived from C&D debris is being explored. From the evaluation of size distribution of coarse aggregate, it was decided to use aggregate in maximum size range of 10-25 mm. A comparison of important physical and mechanical properties of recycled aggregate with virgin natural crushed aggregate showed a significant reduction in the value of specific gravity, bulk density and abrasion resistance of recycled aggregate (Table 2). The water absorption of RCA was found 9 times to that of natural crushed aggregate.

Development of Technology for Compensating Strength Loss in Paving Concrete due to Use of Aggregate from C&D Debris

The study has concluded that mortar content attached to the recycled aggregate has lower density, higher water absorption, higher porosity and lower specific gravity than the virgin aggregate. The physical properties of RCA 'as mentioned above' result in the decrease in both mechanical strength such as compression strength, modulus of elasticity, density etc. as well as durability aspect of concrete. The durability issue is due to increase in porosity which is rendered by mortar attached to RCA since, the concrete made up of recycled aggregate consists of two Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ), (One between recycled aggregate and mortar attached to it and the other one between recycled aggregate and new cement matrix from concrete made up of RCA).

It is well documented that use of RCA results in 10-30% loss in strength of concrete containing it. To compensate the strength loss in concrete made with recycled concrete aggregate, the study suggests 50% replacement of coarse aggregate in the size range of 10-25mm.

Figure 11 : Typical composition of C&D Waste

Table 2: Physical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate Vis-à-Vis Natural Virgin Aggregate

Physical Properties Value % Reduction

RCA NA

Specific Gravity 2.24 2.71 20.9

Aggregate Impact Value (%) 27.94 23.10 20.9

Aggregate Crushing Value (%) 28.16 23.25 21.1

Abrasion Test Value (%) 66 28 135.7

Bulk Density (kg/m3) 1470 1650 12.2

Moisture Absorption (%) 5.00 0.48 941.6

wrt NA

2%

2%

5%

31%

36%

23%

1%

Soil/Sand, Gravel

Masenary/Brick

Wood

Other

Bitumen

Metal

....................

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Workshop on "Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors"

The Institute has completed a prestigious project on “Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors”. The study comprises of both pavements and bridges modules. Hence, two separate management systems namely Pavement Maintenance Management System (PMMS) including Road User Cost equations for high speed corridors under Road Module and Bridge Maintenance Management System (BMMS) under Bridge Module have been developed.

To disseminate the outcome of this project and to demonstrate the developed systems among various stakeholders such as the NHAI, MoRTH, Concessioners, Consultants etc., one day workshop had been organised on October 7, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated by Sh. S. N.

WORKSHOPS / MAJOR EVENTS

Das, Director General (Road Development), and Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. About sixty engineers from various departments/ organisations participated in the workshop.

CSIR Foundation Day was celebrated on September 26, 2015. Dr. S.Gangopadhyay, Director CRRI addressed all the staff members and highlighted the journey of progress made by CRRI over the years. Various prizes were given away by Ms. D. Vijayalakshmi, COA to the winners of various competitions organized by CRRI for the children of CRRI's employees.

CSIR Foundation DayCRRI employees who had completed 25 years of service in CSIR and all those who had retired during September 2014 to August 2015 were also honoured and mementoes were presented to them by the Director. The function was graced by the invited Guest, Scientists and employees and ex-colleagues of CRRI.

CRRI Foundation Day was celebrated on July 16, 2015. On this occasion, Dr. M.O. Garg, Director General - CSIR as the Chief Guest, inaugurated the recently renovated Reception Hall of CRRI in the main building. A Scientists Meet was also held as part of CRRI Foundation day celebrations.

CRRI Foundation Day

9

thOn the occasion of 68 Independence day, Dr. S.Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI, hoisted the National Flag on August 15, 2015. The function was attended by the staff members and their family members. Devotion and patriotic songs were recited by the wards of CRRI family members on this occasion.

Independence Day Special Presentation

CRRI Recreation Club organized an In-house sports tournament from 10th September, 2015 to 21st September, 2015. The main events conducted were Volley Ball and Table Tennis (both for Ladies & Gents).

In-house Sports Meet in CSIR-CRRI

A cultural programme was also held on 29th Sept. ,2015 which comprised Antakshari for Ladies Vs Gents, Songs, Plays, Skits, etc. The prizes were given away to the winners and runner-ups of the sports events .

Hindi Pakhwara was organized during Sept. 14-29, 2015. Several competitions like Essay writing, Technical papers presentation, Patriotic poem recitation, Anecdote Narration, Debate and Hindi speech were organized. The Pakhwara was marked by the presence of eminent dignitaries like Dr. Sarojini Pritam, famous Hindi poet and Smt. Mohini Hingorani, Director,

Hindi Pakhwara

Ministry of Civil Aviation, Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI, presided over the closing ceremony held on 29th Sept 2015. Shri Harinder Kumar, Director, Deptt. of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs delivered the keynote lecture. He dwelt upon the role of Hindi in official work and the need to ensure its progressive use in our day to day work.

CSIR-CRRI in collaboration with SVNIT, Surat organized a National Conference / Workshop on “Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE 15) organized at SVNIT , Surat , July 3-4,2015. Several Scientists“ of CRRI made their presentations in the Conference.

A technical presentation on “Digital India” was made by Dr. Ranjna Nagpal (DDG, NIC, New Delhi) on August 12, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI.

8

Workshop on "Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors"

The Institute has completed a prestigious project on “Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors”. The study comprises of both pavements and bridges modules. Hence, two separate management systems namely Pavement Maintenance Management System (PMMS) including Road User Cost equations for high speed corridors under Road Module and Bridge Maintenance Management System (BMMS) under Bridge Module have been developed.

To disseminate the outcome of this project and to demonstrate the developed systems among various stakeholders such as the NHAI, MoRTH, Concessioners, Consultants etc., one day workshop had been organised on October 7, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated by Sh. S. N.

WORKSHOPS / MAJOR EVENTS

Das, Director General (Road Development), and Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. About sixty engineers from various departments/ organisations participated in the workshop.

CSIR Foundation Day was celebrated on September 26, 2015. Dr. S.Gangopadhyay, Director CRRI addressed all the staff members and highlighted the journey of progress made by CRRI over the years. Various prizes were given away by Ms. D. Vijayalakshmi, COA to the winners of various competitions organized by CRRI for the children of CRRI's employees.

CSIR Foundation DayCRRI employees who had completed 25 years of service in CSIR and all those who had retired during September 2014 to August 2015 were also honoured and mementoes were presented to them by the Director. The function was graced by the invited Guest, Scientists and employees and ex-colleagues of CRRI.

CRRI Foundation Day was celebrated on July 16, 2015. On this occasion, Dr. M.O. Garg, Director General - CSIR as the Chief Guest, inaugurated the recently renovated Reception Hall of CRRI in the main building. A Scientists Meet was also held as part of CRRI Foundation day celebrations.

CRRI Foundation Day

9

thOn the occasion of 68 Independence day, Dr. S.Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI, hoisted the National Flag on August 15, 2015. The function was attended by the staff members and their family members. Devotion and patriotic songs were recited by the wards of CRRI family members on this occasion.

Independence Day Special Presentation

CRRI Recreation Club organized an In-house sports tournament from 10th September, 2015 to 21st September, 2015. The main events conducted were Volley Ball and Table Tennis (both for Ladies & Gents).

In-house Sports Meet in CSIR-CRRI

A cultural programme was also held on 29th Sept. ,2015 which comprised Antakshari for Ladies Vs Gents, Songs, Plays, Skits, etc. The prizes were given away to the winners and runner-ups of the sports events .

Hindi Pakhwara was organized during Sept. 14-29, 2015. Several competitions like Essay writing, Technical papers presentation, Patriotic poem recitation, Anecdote Narration, Debate and Hindi speech were organized. The Pakhwara was marked by the presence of eminent dignitaries like Dr. Sarojini Pritam, famous Hindi poet and Smt. Mohini Hingorani, Director,

Hindi Pakhwara

Ministry of Civil Aviation, Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI, presided over the closing ceremony held on 29th Sept 2015. Shri Harinder Kumar, Director, Deptt. of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs delivered the keynote lecture. He dwelt upon the role of Hindi in official work and the need to ensure its progressive use in our day to day work.

CSIR-CRRI in collaboration with SVNIT, Surat organized a National Conference / Workshop on “Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE 15) organized at SVNIT , Surat , July 3-4,2015. Several Scientists“ of CRRI made their presentations in the Conference.

A technical presentation on “Digital India” was made by Dr. Ranjna Nagpal (DDG, NIC, New Delhi) on August 12, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI.

10 11

The second Round Table Meeting (RTM) was held on 04.11.2015 at CRRI, jointly with the Forum on Engineering Interventions for Disaster Mitigation of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). Experts from various organisations/ institutions attended the meeting. The main objective was to build taller on the recommendations of first roundtable meeting by extending the technical discourse to the two additional major issues, namely (1) anticipation of landslide hazards through large scale landslide hazard mapping, and (2) science, engineering and innovation in landslide investigation, studies and management.

A back grounder version (five numbers) along with the draft recommendations were circulated and posted on INAE website for e-participation, two months in advance, for the feedback which was continuously analyzed for updating the backgrounder, the draft recommendations and their basis.

thThe 118 Research Council meetings CSIR-CRRI, under the Chairmanship of Prof. ( Dr.) M.R. Madhav, Professor-Emeritus, JNTU, Hyderabad was held at CRRI on September 22-23, 2015. Besides the RC members, Area

Second Roundtable Meeting on Anticipation of Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping and Engineering Interventions in Landslide Risk Reduction

Research Council Meetings

The recommendations of the second round table meeting will be submitted to the Government of India and the concerned higher authorities for further necessary action. From INAE side , Dr. R.K. Bhandari, Chairman of INAE Forum for Engineering Interventions in Disaster Mitigation was the main architect of the RTM.

Advisors, HODs and Sr. Scientists attended the thmeeting. Presentations on 12 Five Year Plan Projects,

Sponsored R&D Projects and In-house R&D Projects etc. were made by a number of Scientists.

National Institute of Technology, (Surat); Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur (Howrah); and Anna University (Chennai). The above listed institutes are acting as Regional Coordinators (RC) representing different regions of the country.

To monitor the progress of study, every year a National Review Workshop is being orgainsed to discuss and disseminate the study results. So far four workshops were successfully conducted at Surat, Chennai, Guwahati and Mumbai. The annual progress made by CSIR-CRRI and seven Regional Coordinators was reviewed at RIHCAM-2015 and future goals were setup for the year 2015-16 after discussing the shortfalls of each work package. In addition to the above , mid-term progress is reviewed by conducting the Task Force Committee meetings. In this series, 6th TFC (Task Force Committee) meeting was held at IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah in August, 2015. In the 6th TFC , the progress made in all the work packages was discussed and reviewed.

It was also decided to conduct RIHCAM -2016 at IIT, Bombay in March 2016.

Sixth Task Force Meeting of the Project“Development of Indian Highway Capacity Manual (Indo-HCM)”

MEETINGS

The principle goal of this research is to study the characteristics of road traffic nationwide and to bring out a manual for determining the roadway capacity and Level of Service (LOS) for varying types of Expressways, inter-urban roads and urban roads separately by including Controlled and Uncontrolled Intersections, coupled with addressing the pedestrian facilities existing on the relevant type of roads. In order to accomplish the above stated goal, the proposed research work aims at analyzing the characteristics of heterogeneous traffic flow so as to identify appropriate distributions of various variables influencing the traffic stream characteristics by examining the traffic flow characteristics through extensive field data collection and analysis.

This project is being conducted by CSIR-CRRI in coordination with several academic institutes of the country which includes, Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee); Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay); Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati); School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi); Sardar Vallabhai

Opening Session

Champion of Indo-HCM Project Addressing the 6th TFC Meeting

The first Regional Coordination Committee Meeting of Asia Community Access Project (ASCAP) was held at CRRI, New Delhi on 30-31 August, 2015. and was attended by participants from Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Representatives from U.K., and Members of National Coordination Committee of India.

Regional Coordination Committee Meeting of ASCAPExisting MoU between CSIR-CRRI and Sardar Vallabhai

National Institute of Technology, Surat (SVNIT ) was

extended for another two years on October 29, 2015

Triparty Technology Management Agreement for Cold

Mix Technology for Construction and Maintenance

was signed on August 8, 2015 between CSIR-CRRI,

OSRRA/R.D. Depar tment, Govt . of Odisha,

Bhubneshwar, and Bitchem Asphalt Technologies

Limited, Guwahati.

CRRI has developed process know how of the two

technology as an outcome of R&D. An application has

been filed for getting intellectual property protection

for both the process know how.

l

Bitumen VG-40, Provisional specification was filed thon September 10 , 2015.

lNew Process for the Formation of RA

(Rejuneverating Agent) for use in Recycling in

Asphalt Pavement (RAP). A Provis ional thspecification was filed on November 17 , 2015.

Process know how of Technology for Harder Grade

MoUs Signed

Agreements Signed

IPs Filed

MOUs /AGREEMENTS

10 11

The second Round Table Meeting (RTM) was held on 04.11.2015 at CRRI, jointly with the Forum on Engineering Interventions for Disaster Mitigation of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). Experts from various organisations/ institutions attended the meeting. The main objective was to build taller on the recommendations of first roundtable meeting by extending the technical discourse to the two additional major issues, namely (1) anticipation of landslide hazards through large scale landslide hazard mapping, and (2) science, engineering and innovation in landslide investigation, studies and management.

A back grounder version (five numbers) along with the draft recommendations were circulated and posted on INAE website for e-participation, two months in advance, for the feedback which was continuously analyzed for updating the backgrounder, the draft recommendations and their basis.

thThe 118 Research Council meetings CSIR-CRRI, under the Chairmanship of Prof. ( Dr.) M.R. Madhav, Professor-Emeritus, JNTU, Hyderabad was held at CRRI on September 22-23, 2015. Besides the RC members, Area

Second Roundtable Meeting on Anticipation of Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping and Engineering Interventions in Landslide Risk Reduction

Research Council Meetings

The recommendations of the second round table meeting will be submitted to the Government of India and the concerned higher authorities for further necessary action. From INAE side , Dr. R.K. Bhandari, Chairman of INAE Forum for Engineering Interventions in Disaster Mitigation was the main architect of the RTM.

Advisors, HODs and Sr. Scientists attended the thmeeting. Presentations on 12 Five Year Plan Projects,

Sponsored R&D Projects and In-house R&D Projects etc. were made by a number of Scientists.

National Institute of Technology, (Surat); Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur (Howrah); and Anna University (Chennai). The above listed institutes are acting as Regional Coordinators (RC) representing different regions of the country.

To monitor the progress of study, every year a National Review Workshop is being orgainsed to discuss and disseminate the study results. So far four workshops were successfully conducted at Surat, Chennai, Guwahati and Mumbai. The annual progress made by CSIR-CRRI and seven Regional Coordinators was reviewed at RIHCAM-2015 and future goals were setup for the year 2015-16 after discussing the shortfalls of each work package. In addition to the above , mid-term progress is reviewed by conducting the Task Force Committee meetings. In this series, 6th TFC (Task Force Committee) meeting was held at IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah in August, 2015. In the 6th TFC , the progress made in all the work packages was discussed and reviewed.

It was also decided to conduct RIHCAM -2016 at IIT, Bombay in March 2016.

Sixth Task Force Meeting of the Project“Development of Indian Highway Capacity Manual (Indo-HCM)”

MEETINGS

The principle goal of this research is to study the characteristics of road traffic nationwide and to bring out a manual for determining the roadway capacity and Level of Service (LOS) for varying types of Expressways, inter-urban roads and urban roads separately by including Controlled and Uncontrolled Intersections, coupled with addressing the pedestrian facilities existing on the relevant type of roads. In order to accomplish the above stated goal, the proposed research work aims at analyzing the characteristics of heterogeneous traffic flow so as to identify appropriate distributions of various variables influencing the traffic stream characteristics by examining the traffic flow characteristics through extensive field data collection and analysis.

This project is being conducted by CSIR-CRRI in coordination with several academic institutes of the country which includes, Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee); Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay); Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati); School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi); Sardar Vallabhai

Opening Session

Champion of Indo-HCM Project Addressing the 6th TFC Meeting

The first Regional Coordination Committee Meeting of Asia Community Access Project (ASCAP) was held at CRRI, New Delhi on 30-31 August, 2015. and was attended by participants from Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Representatives from U.K., and Members of National Coordination Committee of India.

Regional Coordination Committee Meeting of ASCAPExisting MoU between CSIR-CRRI and Sardar Vallabhai

National Institute of Technology, Surat (SVNIT ) was

extended for another two years on October 29, 2015

Triparty Technology Management Agreement for Cold

Mix Technology for Construction and Maintenance

was signed on August 8, 2015 between CSIR-CRRI,

OSRRA/R.D. Depar tment, Govt . of Odisha,

Bhubneshwar, and Bitchem Asphalt Technologies

Limited, Guwahati.

CRRI has developed process know how of the two

technology as an outcome of R&D. An application has

been filed for getting intellectual property protection

for both the process know how.

l

Bitumen VG-40, Provisional specification was filed thon September 10 , 2015.

lNew Process for the Formation of RA

(Rejuneverating Agent) for use in Recycling in

Asphalt Pavement (RAP). A Provis ional thspecification was filed on November 17 , 2015.

Process know how of Technology for Harder Grade

MoUs Signed

Agreements Signed

IPs Filed

MOUs /AGREEMENTS

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TRAINING PROGRAMMES / COURSES CONDUCTED

The Institute organized fol lowing training programmes / courses for in-service highway engineers. A large number of field engineers from various organisation such as PWD, highway industries, academic institution attended these training programme.

lDesign, Construction and Maintenance of Flexible Pavements , from 20-24 July, 2015

A. Regular Training Programmes/Courses

l

07August, 2015Traffic Engineering & Road Safety Audit, from 03-

l

Highway Projects, from 17-21 August, 2015.Geotechnical and Landslide Investigation for

l

Applications for Maintenance and Rehabilitation, from 14-18 Dec., 2015.

Pavement Evaluation Techniques and their

l

2015.Bridge Design and Construction, from 16-20 Nov.,

l

Environmental Clearance Process for Road & Highway Projects, from 30 Nov.-04 Dec., 2015.

Envi ronmental Impact Assessment and

VISITORS

The Institute participated in the following Exhibitions and depicted its expertise, capabilities and R&D achievements

thl4 Enterprise India Show organized by CII at thYangon, Myanmar from October 29 to November

st1 , 2015.

EXHIBITIONS

lA Delegation of Indian Science Talents from Qatar

(20 student winners and 5 teachers), supported by

VIJNANA BHARTI, India and Embassy of India to

Qatar, visited CRRI on July 21, 2015 to get enlighten

with the Scientific Advancements being made in

the field of road & road transportation. Student

took keen interest in the R&D activities of the

institute.

lA Delegation from Ministry of Environment,

Bangladesh visited CRRI on August 20, 2015. Their

areas of interest are Fly Ash Utilization in brick /

road making and Zero Liquid Discharge Success

(ZLD) in Turupur (Tamil Nadu). Presentation was

made by CBRI and CRRI Scientists on the use of

flyash in brick making and road construction work .

A visit to all R&D division was also arranged.

l

the Institution of Civil Engineers (India), New Delhi on Sept. 15 , 2015.

l76th Annual Session of Indian Roads Congress at Indore from December 18 to 22 , 2015.

Make in India- Role of Civil Engineers, organised by

lA presentation on the use of EPS Geofoam for

Geotechnical applications was made at CRRI on

October 15, 2015 by Prof. (Dr.) Stevan Bartlett, Dean

-University of Utah, USA. Discussion was held on

the use of new product for landslide management

and mitigation.

lCSIR-CRRI, in association with M/S Anton Paar

India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, organized a Half Day

Workshop on Oct. 29, 2015 on “Asphalt & Modified

Asphalt Binder Characterization”. Which was

attended by CRRI scientists and invited delegate

from other organisations.

12 13

TRAINING PROGRAMMES / COURSES CONDUCTED

The Institute organized fol lowing training programmes / courses for in-service highway engineers. A large number of field engineers from various organisation such as PWD, highway industries, academic institution attended these training programme.

lDesign, Construction and Maintenance of Flexible Pavements , from 20-24 July, 2015

A. Regular Training Programmes/Courses

l

07August, 2015Traffic Engineering & Road Safety Audit, from 03-

l

Highway Projects, from 17-21 August, 2015.Geotechnical and Landslide Investigation for

l

Applications for Maintenance and Rehabilitation, from 14-18 Dec., 2015.

Pavement Evaluation Techniques and their

l

2015.Bridge Design and Construction, from 16-20 Nov.,

l

Environmental Clearance Process for Road & Highway Projects, from 30 Nov.-04 Dec., 2015.

Envi ronmental Impact Assessment and

VISITORS

The Institute participated in the following Exhibitions and depicted its expertise, capabilities and R&D achievements

thl4 Enterprise India Show organized by CII at thYangon, Myanmar from October 29 to November

st1 , 2015.

EXHIBITIONS

lA Delegation of Indian Science Talents from Qatar

(20 student winners and 5 teachers), supported by

VIJNANA BHARTI, India and Embassy of India to

Qatar, visited CRRI on July 21, 2015 to get enlighten

with the Scientific Advancements being made in

the field of road & road transportation. Student

took keen interest in the R&D activities of the

institute.

lA Delegation from Ministry of Environment,

Bangladesh visited CRRI on August 20, 2015. Their

areas of interest are Fly Ash Utilization in brick /

road making and Zero Liquid Discharge Success

(ZLD) in Turupur (Tamil Nadu). Presentation was

made by CBRI and CRRI Scientists on the use of

flyash in brick making and road construction work .

A visit to all R&D division was also arranged.

l

the Institution of Civil Engineers (India), New Delhi on Sept. 15 , 2015.

l76th Annual Session of Indian Roads Congress at Indore from December 18 to 22 , 2015.

Make in India- Role of Civil Engineers, organised by

lA presentation on the use of EPS Geofoam for

Geotechnical applications was made at CRRI on

October 15, 2015 by Prof. (Dr.) Stevan Bartlett, Dean

-University of Utah, USA. Discussion was held on

the use of new product for landslide management

and mitigation.

lCSIR-CRRI, in association with M/S Anton Paar

India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, organized a Half Day

Workshop on Oct. 29, 2015 on “Asphalt & Modified

Asphalt Binder Characterization”. Which was

attended by CRRI scientists and invited delegate

from other organisations.

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STAFF NEWS

Awards/Honours

IRC Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award

Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar, Senior Scientist, Transportation Planning Division was awarded Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the Year 2014 by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) for his research contributions during (2009-2014) in the area of Highway and Transportation Engineering. The award was given to him

thduring 76 Annual session of Indian Roads Congress held at Indore during Dec. 18-22, 2015.

Retirements/ Transfers

Following staff members have got retired from service of the Institute during the reporting period. CSIR-CRRI Welfare Committee organized functions to bid all of them a grand farewell.

1. Shri Jai Bhagwan, Chief Scientist on 31-07-2015

Skoch Order of Merit Award 2015

Institute's 12th Five Year Plan Project, “Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation System (SUSTRANS)”, has received Skoch Order of Merit Award 2015 under the category of Smart Technology. Dr. E. Madhu, Champion of this project received the award during the SKOTCH summit held on 10 December, 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

2. Shri Madhu Sudan Singh, Work Asstt. on 31-8-2015

3. Shri Gajai Singh, Daftary on 30-09-2015

4. Shri R.K.Malhotra , Asstt. (G) Gr.I on 31-10-2015

5. Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director on 31-11-2015

Transfers

Welcome on Joining CRRI

Promotion / Assessment

During the reporting period, following staff members have got transfered from the Institute

Shri B. Rajshekhar, Sr. Tech. Officer Aug. 14, 2015

Shri Hembran Panchanan, Tech. Asstt. Aug. 31, 2015

Shri Jitender Parasar, COA Sept. 22, 2015

Shri Pratyush Kumar Pal, Tech. Asstt. Nov. 06, 2015

Shri M. K. Jain, COFA Nov. 30, 2015

Shri Kaushal Kishor, Dy. SPO Nov. 30, 2015

1. Shri Dinesh Kumar, F&AO, Joined as Finance &Account Officer on November 2, 2015

Following staff members are congratulated on their promotion to the next higher scale / grade.

Name Promoted to

1. Shri S.S.Gaharwar Sr. Principal Scientist2. Shri G.K.Sahu Sr. Principal Scientist 3. Dr. Rajeev Goel Sr. Principal Scientist 4. Dr. V.V.L Kanta Rao Sr. Principal Scientist 5. Dr. Niraj Sharma Sr. Principal Scientist 6. Shri M.N.Nagabhushana Sr. Principal Scientist 7. Dr. Devesh Tiwari Sr. Principal Scientist 8. Dr. (Mrs.) Purnima Parida Sr. Principal Scientist9. Ms. Rina Singh Sr. Scientist 10. Dr. Neelam J Gupta Principal Scientist 11. Dr. A Mohan Rao Principal Scientist 12. Shri Nasim Akhtar Principal Scientist 13. Dr. Jakkula Nataraju Principal Scientist 14. Shri Kanwar Singh Principal Scientist

l

from 03-04 Sept., 2015Rural Roads & Bridges for the officers of NABARD

lInternational Course on Dissemination of HDM-4 from 07-18 Sept. ,2015

Training Workshop on Reservation Policy & Roster

A training workshop on “Reservation Policy & Roster” was organized at CRRI, New Delhi on September 12 ,2015. Shri Sandeep Mukharjee, Under Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training & Ex Faculty, ISTM, an expert in the area of reservation policy was invited to deliver the lecture. About twenty staff members from Administration and few senior scientist attended the training programme.

With profound grief and sorrow , we inform the sad and sudden demise of our colleagues Shri Girish Sharma, Sr. Tech. Officer and Shri Ramesh Rao,Tea Maker, who left us for their heavenly abode on July 26, 2015 and December 3, 2015 respectively. We deeply mourn the death of Shri Girish Sharma and Shri Ramesh Rao and convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

We pray to the Almighty that their noble soul be blessed with the eternal peace.

O B I T U A R Y

6. Shri Dr. Anil Singh, Chief Scientist on 31-12-2015B. Customized/Special Training Programmes/Courses

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STAFF NEWS

Awards/Honours

IRC Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award

Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar, Senior Scientist, Transportation Planning Division was awarded Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the Year 2014 by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) for his research contributions during (2009-2014) in the area of Highway and Transportation Engineering. The award was given to him

thduring 76 Annual session of Indian Roads Congress held at Indore during Dec. 18-22, 2015.

Retirements/ Transfers

Following staff members have got retired from service of the Institute during the reporting period. CSIR-CRRI Welfare Committee organized functions to bid all of them a grand farewell.

1. Shri Jai Bhagwan, Chief Scientist on 31-07-2015

Skoch Order of Merit Award 2015

Institute's 12th Five Year Plan Project, “Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation System (SUSTRANS)”, has received Skoch Order of Merit Award 2015 under the category of Smart Technology. Dr. E. Madhu, Champion of this project received the award during the SKOTCH summit held on 10 December, 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

2. Shri Madhu Sudan Singh, Work Asstt. on 31-8-2015

3. Shri Gajai Singh, Daftary on 30-09-2015

4. Shri R.K.Malhotra , Asstt. (G) Gr.I on 31-10-2015

5. Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director on 31-11-2015

Transfers

Welcome on Joining CRRI

Promotion / Assessment

During the reporting period, following staff members have got transfered from the Institute

Shri B. Rajshekhar, Sr. Tech. Officer Aug. 14, 2015

Shri Hembran Panchanan, Tech. Asstt. Aug. 31, 2015

Shri Jitender Parasar, COA Sept. 22, 2015

Shri Pratyush Kumar Pal, Tech. Asstt. Nov. 06, 2015

Shri M. K. Jain, COFA Nov. 30, 2015

Shri Kaushal Kishor, Dy. SPO Nov. 30, 2015

1. Shri Dinesh Kumar, F&AO, Joined as Finance &Account Officer on November 2, 2015

Following staff members are congratulated on their promotion to the next higher scale / grade.

Name Promoted to

1. Shri S.S.Gaharwar Sr. Principal Scientist2. Shri G.K.Sahu Sr. Principal Scientist 3. Dr. Rajeev Goel Sr. Principal Scientist 4. Dr. V.V.L Kanta Rao Sr. Principal Scientist 5. Dr. Niraj Sharma Sr. Principal Scientist 6. Shri M.N.Nagabhushana Sr. Principal Scientist 7. Dr. Devesh Tiwari Sr. Principal Scientist 8. Dr. (Mrs.) Purnima Parida Sr. Principal Scientist9. Ms. Rina Singh Sr. Scientist 10. Dr. Neelam J Gupta Principal Scientist 11. Dr. A Mohan Rao Principal Scientist 12. Shri Nasim Akhtar Principal Scientist 13. Dr. Jakkula Nataraju Principal Scientist 14. Shri Kanwar Singh Principal Scientist

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from 03-04 Sept., 2015Rural Roads & Bridges for the officers of NABARD

lInternational Course on Dissemination of HDM-4 from 07-18 Sept. ,2015

Training Workshop on Reservation Policy & Roster

A training workshop on “Reservation Policy & Roster” was organized at CRRI, New Delhi on September 12 ,2015. Shri Sandeep Mukharjee, Under Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training & Ex Faculty, ISTM, an expert in the area of reservation policy was invited to deliver the lecture. About twenty staff members from Administration and few senior scientist attended the training programme.

With profound grief and sorrow , we inform the sad and sudden demise of our colleagues Shri Girish Sharma, Sr. Tech. Officer and Shri Ramesh Rao,Tea Maker, who left us for their heavenly abode on July 26, 2015 and December 3, 2015 respectively. We deeply mourn the death of Shri Girish Sharma and Shri Ramesh Rao and convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

We pray to the Almighty that their noble soul be blessed with the eternal peace.

O B I T U A R Y

6. Shri Dr. Anil Singh, Chief Scientist on 31-12-2015B. Customized/Special Training Programmes/Courses

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