RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE IN AZAD KASHMIR
In October 2005, a massive earthquake (magnitude 7.6 on the Richter Scale) hit northe Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. Japan Inteational Cooperation Agency undertook the reconstruction of bridges damaged on Jhelum Valley Road.
Geotechnical investigation was particularly challenging because of difficult terrain and frequent landslides in mountain slopes destabilized by the earthquake.
Geotechnical investigation was particularly challenging because of difficult terrain and frequent landslides in mountain slopes destabilized by the earthquake.
