Construction of Embankment Methodology & Standard Operational Procedure:

Most of the embankment construction in this project is under TCS-IV, V &VI. In all the TCS
the OGL is considered as straight and firm ground and normal embankment consideration
with 1.5m side cover. However the ground situation is slightly different where the OGL
supporting the embankment is extremely soft to carry the load of the construction
machinery. At the same time almost every location from Km. 27 to Km. 60 some part of the
OGL falls under water where no supportive item like toe protection , permanent or
temporary is considered. The figure as above is the true representation of the actual
position.
The embankment construction especially in the extreme toe direction is not considered
either as per IRC: 34-2011, Recommendation of the Road Construction in Areas affected by
waterlogging, flooding and/or salt infestation” or even the MoRTH Standard condition
305.4.5, 305.4.6 and many others applicable for this condition is not followed.
 The primary activity of making the confinement as per the Agreement is literally
unmanageable in waterlogged condition.
 We had started lifted the dredging sand from DPCL September, 2019. We searched
lot of borrow areas and the in-situ moisture as found was more than 7 to 10% that
of OMC.
 We are enclosing photographs in support of the situation. It can be verified now itself.
Therefore 70%:30% borrow soil sand mixture as advocated in the agreement is not
possible before drying of the soil. The compaction criteria stands for a moisture
content of (+) 1% excess of OMC. Please consider the time it requires the soil for
dried up to this level.
 There is probably no technique available for dumping the soil sand mixture under
water with filling of the waterlogged area up to Toe level. Even MoRTH specification
clause no 305.4.6.1 is explicit.
We come up with several proposals in this regard.
Considering the ground reality and BOQ we had adopted a Standard Operational process
which is represented in a pictorial views and enclosed with this submission:
 We put fully saturated soil beyond the toe and utilize as a bundh parallel to the
existing road as excess confinement to make a barrier inside the waterbody for
dumping the material under water and arrest the material to flow in the water
direction.
 We then put available soil and sand side by side as confinement and above it and
compact by the excavator bucket in the extreme edge as plying of roller over it was
not possible. Enclosed pictures is self-explanatory. We maintained the confinement
mostly 2.0 to 2.5m, more than 1.5m as shown in the agreement drawing.

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  The edge 05m to 1.0m is beyond the toe line as the desired degree of compaction in
the edges may not be guaranteed as per provision. Up to the water level we are
compacting the surface by 25 T dead weight excavator and 12 T Dozer with chain
assembly as normal tyre assembly cannot ply over it. There is constant sipping of
water from the adjacent waterlogged area making it more difficult for the traditional
roller plying. The picture is self-explanatory.
 Considering lateral load and shear force resulted from upper embankment in the
core, we keep the width of the confinement 0.5 to 1.0m extra as extreme point of
embankment as an additional safety measure against scheming the erosion.
 We dump the dredged sand inside the confinement, moistening by water tanker/
centrifugal pumps and compact by 12 T Dozer as conventional rolling is not possible
the moment sand lost initial moisture.
 We witnessed 223 mm rain in a single day and Bulbul cyclone without a slightest
cut in the confinement, boost our morale. We are doing regular tests even sometimes
jointly with your representative and results are confirmatory as per Table-300-2:
Compaction Requirements for Embankment and Sub-grade. It is clearly stated that
when expansive clays as embankment material is used 500mm below the
embankment top the relative compaction can be 90 to 95% as per IS:2720 (Part-8).
However joint reports is yet to be signed.
In this context we are aware of the entire pros and cons and come up with this practice
when conventional method as advocated in the code is neither incorporated in the
agreement nor additional items as proposed is accepted as on to date.
In this explained situation kindly approve the methodology and working sequence in two
distinct part, Waterlogged and underwater execution & execution coming out under water:
a. Waterlogged part:
1. Construction of bundh in full depth of the water level plus 500mm.
2. Construction of side cover by either cut soil plus sand or approved borrow soil
with sand mixture in full depth of the water level plus 500mm.
3. Construction of sand/fly ash embankment in full depth of the water level plus
500mm.
4. Compaction of the layers by 25 MT excavator/12 MT Dozer, normal soil
compacter/ baby roller in the top surface.
5. 1st compaction test of confinement and sand/fly ash in full depth of the water
level plus 500mm and treated to a 1st layer.
b. Above the waterlogged part:
1. Laying of confinement @ 1.5m width with standard layer thickness and
compact by baby roller. However as an alternative considering the dredging
sand availability and soil availability during January, 2020 to May, 2020 the
confinement thickness can be increased up to 3.0m so that compaction by
normal soil compactor can be done.
2. Compact both sand/fly ash and confinement as per desired degree of
compaction and test the stretch simultaneously and allowed for next layer.
As a safety measure, we are planning traffic movement over the sub-grade top for at least
7 to 10 days and the inadequacy of compaction in the embankment level, if any, can be
overcome easily.