EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE ON STRUCTURES BUILT ON RECLAIMED LANDS IN JABALPUR OF INDIA

Constructions on reclaimed lands are great challenges to the civil engineers. Now-a-days construction on reclaimed lands is very common. Country like Singapore, Japan, USA, Netherland, Hongkong, Saudi Arab etc are developing theirs infrastructure on reclaimed lands, but construction on reclaimed lands in country like India, where advance techniques of land reclamation are not applying well and so many engineering problems arises. Constructions on such reclaimed land become so risky if the locality is earthquake prone. Jabalpur is a town situated in the heart of Madhya Pradesh and seismically sensitive. The city comes under Earthquake Zone III as per IS: 1893-1984. Jabalpur is also known as a city of lakes. Once there were around 136 lakes in the town. But due to reclamation activities for constructions, maximum lakes have lost their existence.