CASE HISTORY

Rev: 00, Issue Date 07.10.09

NOURISHMENT/REBUILDING OF SPURS & BANK PROTECTION

WORKS FOR ERODING ZONE OF NISCHINTAPUR
KULPI,PARGANAS(SOUTH),INDIA
RIVER BANK PROTECTION WORKS
Product:MacBag,
Problem:
In Nishchintpur, Hoogley river flows through western part of the
Sundarban Delta in West Bengal. As per oceanography studies of Jadhavpur
university, it came to know by the tide gauge record that the sea is arising at the
rate of 3.14 mm every year. Due to the rising of sea level and high rise tides, part
of the river bank has lost about 80 Sqkm of land during last 20 years. Homes and
lands washed away with water and life of the people is badly affected due to the
hungry tides of the river.

To overcome from the above problem, different types/ combinations of bank

protection measures needed to be adopted.

Solution:
In order to protect bank from waves and current, transverse structures
needed to be provided which will deflect the water away from river bank. Spurs are Fig 1. Site eroded due to wave effect
best option to reduce impact of water on the bank. As affected bank is so long i.e
5-6 Km, Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has suggested to construct spurs in series to resist
the current. Another advantage of this arrangement is, after time elapses, silt will
accumulate in between spurs thus forms permanent bank. For construction of spurs,
following methodology is adopted.

Wherever construction of bank, sufficient land is not available, KoPT has

suggested to provide polymeric gabions filled with geotextile bag for the stretch
of 750m.

The construction steps shall be listed as below:

Multifilament woven Geotextile as a filter is placed with the help of fas-
cine grid having side lapping of minimum 400 mm & horizontal of mini-
mum 250mm.
Building of new spurs & Nourishment of existing spurs with geotextile
bags, so that they can get almost a permanent bank after certain time due
to siltation.
Geotextile bags Suggested which are made of Polypropylene multifila-
ment woven fabric.
Laterite blocks to cover and protect the spurs made from geotextile bag.
Fig 2. Erosion effect on site
Maccaferri Product:
MacBag
Geomatterss

Client name:
Kolkata Port Trust
Main contractor name:
Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Private Ltd.
Consultant:

Products used:
GeoBags - 600000 Nos
Geomattress - 56000 sq.m

Construction info:
Construction Start: 7/01/2009
Construction end: On Going Project Fig 3. Eroded river bank before construction
Fig.4. River Bank Protection Length covered Fig.5. Spurs Location on Construction Site
without any wrinkles on the

Fig.6 & 7. Laying of Geo-mattress with Fascine by Barge

Project section drawing

Diagram 1. Arrangement Drawing

Fig. 8,9 Placing of MacBags

Specifications of Geotextile Filter:

Mass per Unit Area: 240 Gsm (min).

Tensile Strength: 40 KN/m or equivalent both warp and weft at 15% elongation.
Apparent opening size (A.O.S):- 150 - 200 microns.
prepared layer of

Specifications of MacBag:

Mass per Unit Area: 240 Gsm (min).

Tensile Strength: 40 KN/m or equivalent both warp and weft at 15% elongation.
Apparent opening size (A.O.S):- 100microns (maximum).

Function of Laterite Block:

Laterite is normally not considered as perfect material for construction due to the weathering characteristics. However KoPTs
experienced engineers selected laterite blocks as they are seasoned laterites as well as they are having good characteristics
of attracting silt towards it, thus nourishing spurs
 Fig 10 : Arranging Geobags

Fig 11 : Arranged Geobags

Present Status of the Project :

The Project is completed successfully

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