R- Ike D4 ircier:4s-1098 HILL ROAD MANUAL Published by THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011 1998 Price Priee@/-Rs, 440/- (plus packing & postage)Sy IRC:SP:48-1998 First Published July, 1998 (Rights of Publication and Translation are Reserved) Printed at Sagar Printers & Publishers, New Delh! (1000 copies)10, 11 12, 13 14, 15. 16, 17, 18. 19. 20, IRC:SP:48-1908 MEMBERS OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on 31.3, 96) AD. Narain* 0G (RO), Ministry of Surtace Transport (Roads Wing), New Delhi (Convenor) S.C. Sharma Ghiet Engineer (A) Stds/R, Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing), (Momber-Secretary) New Delhi GC. Garg Engineer-in-Chief, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Town Hall, Deihi-t 10006 Dr. M.P. Dhir Director, CSIR (Retd,),A-1/133, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi-1 10029 ALN, Malik Chiet Engineer (Mech.), Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing), New Delhi G.S. Tawarmalani ‘Addl, Director General (S&P), CPWD, Nirman Bhawan, New Dethi-110011 Dr. AK. Gupta Professor & Coordinator, Centre of Transport Engg., University of Roorkee, Roorkee HP. Jamdar ‘Secretary to the Govt. of Gujarat, R & B Deptt, Block No.14, Sachivalaya Complex, Gandhinagar-382010 M.B. Jayawant ‘Synthetic Asphalts, 103, Pooja Mahul Road, Chembur, Bombay-400074 KS. Narayanan (Chief Engineer (CCU), Mio, Environment & Forests (Retd), 28, Central Govt. Qtrs., St Martin Marg, New Delhi-1 10621 P.D. Agarwal Chief Engineer (NH), U.P. PWD, Lucknow-226001 ‘Maj. C.R. Ramesh Engineer-in-Chiet, Public Health Engg., Ananda Rao Circle, Bangalore-560009 Or. LR. Kadiyati Chief Consultant, Dr. LR. Kadiyali & Associates, 8-487, lind Floor, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi-110048 Ninan Koshi 9G(AD), MOST (Retd), 56, Nalanda Apartment, Vikaspur, New Delhi-t Toote: The Director General, National Council for Cement & Building Materials, P-21, South Extn. 1, Ring Road, New Delhi-1 10043 Or. S. Raghava Chari, Transport Engg. Section, Deptt. of Civil Engg,, Regional Engg. College, Warangal Vinod Kumar Director & Head (Civil Engg.), Bureau of Indian Standards, ‘Manak Bhawan, 9, Bahadurshah Jafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 PJ. Rao Dy. Director & Head, Geotechnical Engg. Division, Central Road Research Institute, Delhi Mathura Road, New Delhi-1 10020 Prot. G.V. Rao Prot. of Civil Engg. I.T., Hauz Khas, New Dethi-1 10016 Prot. C.G. Swaminathan ‘Badr’, 60, Thirwvankadam Street, R.A. Puram, Madras-600028 ‘ADGA boing notin poston, tho meeiing was presided by Sh AD, Narain, BG(AD), Govt of India, MOST w