ZONE III

 

MAXIMUM
HEIGHT

MORTAR
MIX

BANDS

VERTICAL
REINFOR- CEMENT

DIAMETER OF
VERTICAL
REINFOR- CEMEN
T

MORTAR MIX FOR BAND I VERTICAL
REINFOR- CEMENT

BRACING OF
PITCHED
ROOF

Building with Strip Foundation on Rock/ Hard Soil/Medium soil

Four Storey (Less than 15 m)

1:6 Cement-
Sand or
1:2:9  Cement-
Lime-Sand

1. Lintel Band
2. Roof Band/ Gable Band

3. Plinth Band

Not Required

Not Required

1:3 Cement-Sand
or
M 15 Concrete

Bracing at Tie Level

Building with Strip Foundation on Soft soil

Four Storey (Less than 15 m)

1:6 Cement-
Sand or
1:2:9  Cement-
Lime-Sand

1. Lintel Band
2. Roof Band/ Gable
Band

3. Plinth Band

Not Required

Single Bar of 12mm (TMT/TOR) or 16mm (MS)

1:3 Cement-Sand
or
M 15 Concrete

Bracing at Tie Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details of Horizontal Bands in Masonry Building

(Buildings with Strip foundation on Rock/Hard Soil/Medium Soil/Soft Soil)

 

Z factor : 0.16

DISTRICTS LYING IN EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ZONE III
(based on the Vulnerability Atlas of India – 2nd Edition, BMTPC)

 

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

 

ANDHRA PRADESH

Adilabad, Cuddapah, Karimnagar, Khammam,  Warangal, East-Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam, West Godavari, Chittoor (12)

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

 

ASSAM

 

BIHAR 

Buxar, Aurangabad, Kaimur, Rohtas, Gaya (5)

CHANDIGARH

 

CHATTISGARH

Raigarh, Bilaspur, Korba, Koniya, Sarguja (5)

DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

Dadra & Nagar-Haveli (1)

DAMAN & DIU

Daman, Diu (2)

DELHI

 

GOA

North-Goa, South-Goa (2)

GUJARAT 

Sabar-Kantha, Anand, Bharuch, Kheda, Navsari, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad, Gandhinagar, Narmada, Panch-Mahals, The-Dangs, Dohad, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Mahesana, Surendranagar, Ahmadabad (20)

HARYANA

Fatehabad, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal,  (4)

HIMACHAL PRADESH

 

JAMMU & KASHMIR

 

JHARKHAND

Bokaro, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Pakaur, Chatra, Garhwa, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Kodarma, Palamu (11)

KARNATAKA

Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Chikmagalur, Chamarajanagar, Dakshina-Kannada,  Kodagu, Shimoga, Mysore, Udupi, Uttar-Kannada (11)

KERALA

Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad (14)

LAKSHADWEEP

Lakshadweep (1)

MADHYA PRADESH

Damoh, Dewas, Dhar, Indore, Jhabua, Barwani, Betul, Chhindwara, Dindori, East-Nimar-(KHANDWA), Harda, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsimhapur, Raisen, Sagar, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Sidhi, Umaria, West-Nimar (KHARGONE) (24)

MAHARASHTRA

Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Mumbai, Mumbai-(Suburban), Thane, Yavatmal, Ahmadnagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bid, Buldana, Dhule, Jalgaon, Latur, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Sindhudurg, Solapur (20)

MANIPUR

 

MEGHALAYA

 

MIZORAM

 

NAGALAND

 

ORISSA

Anugul, Baleshwar, Bargarh, Debagarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghapur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Khordha, Puri, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj (16)

PONDICHERRY

Mahe, Yanam (2)

PUNJAB

Bathinda, Faridkot, Firozpur, Mansa, Muktsar, Sangrur (6)

RAJASTHAN

Bikaner, Dausa, Ganganagar, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Sirohi (10)

SIKKIM

 

TAMILNADU

Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Kanniyakumari, The-Nilgiris, Theni, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Dindigul, Villuppuram, Tiruvannamalai (16)

TRIPURA

 

UTTAR PRADESH

Agra, Allahabad, Ambedkar-Nagar, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Barabanki, Chandauli, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Kannauj, Kanpur-Dehat, Kanpur-Nagar, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Mau, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Rae-Bareli, Sant-Ravidas-Nagar, Sultanpur, Unnao, Varanasi, Sonbhadra; Sitapur (30)

UTTARANCHAL

 

WEST BENGAL

Birbhum, Murshidabad, Puruliya, Bardhaman, Haora, Hugli, Kolkata, Medinipur, Nadia, Bankura (10)

Total

222