INTRODUCTION

Earthquake engineering is in today’s context a very pertinent topic in Indian infrastructure and requires lot of attention. There has been significant progress in terms the standard development, keeping in conjunction with the changing scenario. The global safety standards in terms of earthquake stability have been very streamlined and can inspire us to adopt similar approach, tailored to meet the Indian framework.

We should also put adequate emphasis on the site-specific measures while dealing with earthquake resistant construction. It is important that we have to go an extra mile in bringing experts’ contribution in the field evaluation of the existing as well as upcoming infrastructure in the country.

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