INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () has the pleasure to invite you to a Technical Presentation on Chitrakoot Landslide Management Pilot Project By Messrs Kuwano, Iwasaki and Hara from Japan Intl Cooperation Agency (JICA) to be held on Friday 14 th February 2014 at 18h00 at IEM House, corner Ollier & Hitchcock Avenues, Quatre Bornes. The agenda, Synopsis of the presentation and brief CVs of the guest speakers are enclosed. Attendance is free of charge. Seats are limited to a maximum of 40 persons on a first come first serve basis. Kindly confirm your participation by returning the attached form duly filled in by email to iem@intnet.mu. Registration will close as soon as we reach the above maximum number. R Maran Secretary, Institution of Engineers (Mauritius) 5 th February 2014
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () TECHNICAL PRESENTATION ON CHITRAKOOT LANDSLIDE MANAGEMENT PILOT PROJECT By MESSRS KUWANO, IWASAKI AND HARA (JICA) Friday 14 th February 2014 at 18h00 at IEM House, corner Ollier & Hitchcock Avenues, Quatre Bornes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARTICIPATION FORM to be filled in and returned by email to iem@intnet.mu. 1) Name : Membership Grade (please tick) Fellow Corporate Associate Technician Student ICE Member 2) Name of firm/organization : 3) Contact No. : (office) (mobile) Email address : 4) Signature :
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () AGENDA 1. Outline of the Project and landslides By Mr. Kuwano 2. Results of geological investigation/analysis in Chitrakoot By Mr. Iwasaki 3. Countermeasure for the landslide in Chitrakoot By Mr. Hara SYNOPSIS OF THE PRESENTATION 1. Outline of the Project and landslides Mauritius is vulnerable to climate change, particularly landslide issues are becoming more serious due to recent natural disasters resulting from environmental changes and the increase of structures because of tourism and land development on steep slopes. The country wishes to draw plans, understand risks and implement measures on scientific and technical grounds in consideration of environmental burden and safety management. Against such background, JICA has decided to carry out the Project on Landslide Management as Technical Cooperation. The Project was launched on May 2012 and lasts until January 2015, and the desired outcomes are that the risk of landslides and other slope disasters is reduced, and the safety for the residents in the landslide area is secured. In the presentation, outline of the Project, the components and the activities as well as the definition of a landslide and slope disasters are introduced. 2. Results of geological investigation/analysis in Chitrakoot Three (3) high priority landslide hazard areas, Chitrakoot, Quatre Soeurs and Vallee Pitot, were selected along with the results of the basic survey and the landslide management plan in this project. In Chitrakoot area, the geologic investigation was carried out for the purpose of recognizing mechanism and the activity of the landslide; topographic survey/ aerial photographical interpretation/ site reconnaissance/ drilling survey/ geophysical exploration/ landslide monitoring. Based on the result, the stability analysis of the landslide is carried out and is used for a countermeasure.
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () 3. Countermeasure for the landslide in Chitrakoot The landslide countermeasure work for in Chitrakoot area was examined based on the result of investigation, monitoring and analysis. Type and arrangement of countermeasure works was decided to achieve the planned Factor of Safety. According to the policy of the countermeasure in Chitrakoot, control work will be applied initially in order to reduce the sliding force of the landslide. Based on the examination, channel for flood, surface drainages and horizontal drainage were selected as control works for the target landslides in the area. Perspective of Designing of those countermeasure works will be introduced in the presentation. BRIEF CVS OF GUEST SPEAKERS Mr. Takeshi Kuwano Position: Vice chief adviser/ Landslide management Specialty: Geotechnical engineer Organization: Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (a private consulting company) Bachelorship of geology Mastership of structural geology Ph. D. of engineering for rock mechanics Project on landslide management in Ethiopia (JICA) Project on slope disaster on road in Sri Lanka (JICA) Project on natural disaster information in Madagascar (JICA) Project on landslide monitoring in Uzbekistan (JICA) Project on slope disaster inspection on road in Japan (MPI of Japan) Mr. TomoharuIwasaki Position: Landslide survey and analysis Specialty: Geotechnical engineer Organization: Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (a private consulting company) Bachelorship of civil engineering Mastership of geotechnology Ph. D. ofgeotechnology Project of Landslide Management in Mauritius (JICA) Slope disaster management in the Shirasuna RiverBasin (MPI of Japan)
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS () Landslide management intomata Dam in Japan (MPI of Japan) Slope disaster management in Mt Kurikoma in Japan (MPI of Japan) Landslide management forthe Expressway in Japan (MPI of Japan) Mr. Takashi Hara Position: Design/Cost estimation Specialty: Engineering geologist Organization: OYO International Corporation (a private consulting company) Bachelorship of geology Project on landslide management in Ethiopia (JICA) Project on hazard mapof slope disaster in Turkey (Istanbul Municipality) Project on landslide management in Armenia (JICA) Project on master plan for natural disasterin Venezuela(JICA) Project on slope disaster management on roadin Malaysia (JICA) ------------------------------------------------------