CSIR-SERC – IITM – NDMA Grant-in-Aid Project

• PSHA study – important milestone in the efforts towards systematic seismic risk reduction
• Useful for:
• development of a more realistic and scientific seismic zonation map of India – important activity identified as an urgent need in the National Disaster Management Guidelines by NDMA
• improving our understanding of the seismic hazard across the nation
• identifying areas requiring seismic microzonation
• rational identification of multi-hazard prone regions
• incorporation of earthquake resistant design features in design provisions for new structures and, for strengthening and seismic retrofitting of existing structures in earthquake-prone areas
• allocation of funds for disaster mitigation, disaster preparedness and capacity building