Ground Improvement Using Band Drains at Onshore Gas Terminal Near Kakinada (AP), India

The Paper presents the construction of a major Gas Processing Facility for Gujarat State Petrochemical Corporation (G S P C) at Mallavaram near Kakinada in AP State. The Project involves reclaiming of 15 ha of land for On - shore Gas Terminal (O G T); this included dredging of 1.5 million cubic m of sand from Godavari - Gautami River, hydraulic transporting over a distance of 4 km, depositing and reclaiming the land. The work was performed by Dharti Dredging & Infrastructure Limited (D D I L), and monitored by Engineers India Limited (E I L).