Soil Type (IS 1498) Description Total Occurrences in Report

CH Clay of High Compressibility 10

CI Clay of Intermediate Compressibility 7

CL Clay of Low Compressibility 3

CI–CL Transition Clay (Intermediate–Low) 2

ML Silt of Low Compressibility (Non-plastic clayey silt) 6

SM Silty Sand 3

GC/GM Gravelly soils (Clayey/Silty gravel with sand) 1

Soil Type Description Occurrences

(IS 1498)
ML Silt of Low Compressibility (non-plastic 1
silt)
SM Silty Sand 1
SP/SM– Sand–silt mix (non-plastic) 1
ML
SP/SM Silty fine sand (non-plastic, fine sand 1
with silt)
Soil Type (IS 1498 or Description (how mapped) Total % of all
site category) Occurrences mapped
occurrences
SP / SM / SW (Sand Sand (report text: “sand”, “sand …”) — 36 25.00%
group) mapped to SP/SM/SW (noncohesive
sands; exact SP vs SM ambiguous from
description)
Rock − Basalt Basalt / greyish basalt layers (rock) — 21 14.58%
kept as separate rock type
Fill / GW (filled Filled material, boulders, sand+gravels in 18 12.50%
material & boulders) fills — reported as “filled material /
boulders / sand with gravels” (mapped
to Fill / GW class)
GM (Moorum / Moorum / murum (weathered 15 10.42%
weathered gravel) gravel/sandy-gravel) — mapped to GM
Rock − Sandstone Sandstone / calcareous sandstone & 15 10.42%
siltstone (rock) — listed separately
Rock − Siltstone Siltstone (rock) — listed separately 14 9.72%
Rock − Volcanic Tuff Volcanic tuff / weathered tuff (rock) — 9 6.25%
listed separately
CL-ML Clayey silt / “yellowish/brownish clayey 8 5.56%
silt with some fine sand” — mapped to
CL-ML (inorganic silt with clay)
GW / GP (Gravel) Gravel (reported sparsely as gravel) — 8 5.56%
mapped to GW/GP
CL Silty clay (explicit CL mentions were not 0 0.00%
found as distinct IS-code text) — 0
occurrences (mapped bucket kept for
completeness)
— TOTAL (all 144 100%
mapped
occurrences)

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from report) Total Occurrences

SP Coarse to medium Sandy Soil (poorly graded 4 (BH-1 upper layer; BH-2
sand) – “Sandy strata, partially compacted”, upper layer; BH-3 upper
“Sandy soil in dry nallah section” layer; BH-4 upper layer; BH-
5 upper layer)
GW/GP Boulder conglomerate / gravelly sand with 1 (noted as thin
cobbles/boulders of quartzite in sandy gritty intercalations across site)
matrix (well to poorly graded gravel)
SW/SM Friable/partially altered sandstone with silty 1 (BH-2 main stratum)
sand matrix (well-graded sand with silt)
SP/GP Hard compact sandstone (bedrock) – 4 (BH-2 base; BH-3, BH-4,
behaves as dense sand/gravel with negligible BH-5 base layers)
plasticity
Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total Occurrences
SP (Poorly graded Sandy strata / Sandy soil with 0% liquid & 5
sand) plastic limits, non-plastic, partially
compacted (dry nallah, surface soils)
SM (Silty sand) Friable sandy with silt, partially altered 2
sandstone, some fines (silty sand matrix)
GW/GP Boulder conglomerate beds containing 1
(Well/Poorly quartzite boulders/cobbles/pebbles in
graded gravel with sandy gritty matrix
sand)
SP/GP (Dense Hard compact sandstone bedrock, non- 5
sand–gravel mix) plastic, behaves as dense sand/gravel

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total

Occurrences
SP (Poorly graded sand) Sandy strata / Sandy soil, partially compacted, non- 5
plastic (surface to shallow layers in multiple boreholes)
SM (Silty sand) Friable / partially altered sandstone with gritty silty 2
sand matrix, non-plastic, minor silt fraction
GW/GP (Well/Poorly Boulder conglomerate beds with quartzite 1
graded gravel with boulders/cobbles/pebbles in sandy gritty matrix
sand)
SP/GP (Dense sand– Hard compact sandstone bedrock, non-plastic, 5
gravel mix) behaves as dense sand/gravel

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total

Occurrences
SP (Poorly graded sand) Filled-up material of sand intermixed with gravel and 2
boulders (0.0–0.5 m in BH-1 & BH-2)
GW/GP (Well/Poorly Highly weathered quartzite rock disintegrated into 2
graded gravel with coarse sand and gravel-like fragments (treated as
sand) dense sand for analysis)
Rock (Quartzite) → Moderately weak to strong grey quartzite rock 2
closest IS group: SP/GP (moderately weathered to fresh) encountered from
0.5 m to 10.5 m (BH-1) and 15 m (BH-2)
Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total
Occurrences
SP (Poorly graded sand) Loose to medium dense sand with negligible fines; 6
described as silty sand or non-plastic sand in bore logs
and grain-size tables
SM (Silty sand) Sand with some silt fraction, occasionally recorded as 3
sand–silt mix or silty soil (non-plastic)
CL/ML (Low-plasticity Thin seams of clayey silt or silty clay with low plasticity 1
clay/silt) (Plasticity Index <10) found in isolated layers
GW/GP (Well/Poorly Gravelly sand and occasional gravel lenses noted in 2
graded gravel with bore logs and grain size analysis
sand)

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from bore logs & lab tests) Total
Occurrences*
CH High-compressibility blackish/brownish clay with LL > 7
50%
CI Medium-compressibility brownish/blackish clay (LL 4
35–50%)
SC Clayey sand (sand with clay binder, medium 4
consistency)
SM Silty sand (non-plastic, sand with silt) 6
SP-SM Poorly graded sand with silt, non-plastic 9
SP Clean poorly graded sand, non-plastic 2
SDR Soft disintegrated rock (mapped to closest coarse 2
group GP/SP for engineering)
Rock (moderately Brownish grey moderately weathered rock at depth 2 (terminations)
weathered) (not IS soil but end stratum)
Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from bore logs & tables) Total
Occurrences*
SC (Clayey Sand) Clayey sand / sand with gravel in the upper fill 2
and natural deposits (medium-dense to dense)
CL (Low-plasticity sandy Sandy clay / sandy CLAY – brownish/whitish, firm 5
clay) to stiff, fine to medium sand fraction
CL–ML (Low-plasticity silt– Very soft brownish gray sandy clay with organic 2
clay mix) matter in upper layers (mapped to CL/ML)
GW/SP (Gravelly sand / Blackish gray fine SAND with gravel, medium 2
Poorly graded sand) dense
Completely Weathered Completely to highly weathered gneiss, behaving 2
Rock → SC/CL as stiff sandy clay
Fresh to Moderately Biotite GNEISS bedrock encountered below ~13 2 (terminations)
Weathered Rock (Not IS m (BH-1) and 8.5 m (BH-2); provides rock bearing
soil)

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total

Occurrences*
ML (Low-plasticity silt) Sandy silt / silt with fine sand, often with 45
organics and trace clay
SM (Silty sand) Silty sand / sandy silt with minor clay 38
CL (Low-plasticity clay) Clayey silt / silty clay / sandy clay, stiff to 30
firm
SC (Clayey sand) Clayey sand with minor silt, occasional 10
gravel
SP-SM (Poorly graded sand with Fine to medium sand with traces of silt 12
silt) and occasional gravel
Organic Silt (OL/ML) Layers noted as organic silt/peaty silt with 8
wood fragments
GW/GP (Well/poorly graded Sandy gravel / gravelly sand, occasional 6
gravel with sand) coarse gravel lenses

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from Bore Log, Grain Size & Lab Total
Data) Occurrences*
SP (Poorly graded sand) Loose dark grey fine sand at surface to ~2 m 1
depth; non-plastic, fine sand with low silt content
GP/GW (Poorly/Well Mainly large boulders (9.5 m thick) – coarse 1
graded gravel) gravel/boulder deposits with negligible fines
GP–SP / GW–SP Boulder, gravel, pebbles & cobbles in filling sand 1
(15 m thick), mixed coarse gravel and sand matrix
Rock (not IS soil) → Dark grey hard sandstone (11 m thick) providing 1
mapped as SP/GP pile termination stratum
equivalent
Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from Bore Logs & Lab Data) Total
Occurrences*
SP (Poorly graded sand) Loose dark grey fine sand in upper layer (0–2 1
m); non-plastic
GP/GW (Poorly/Well graded Mainly large boulders below sand (2–11.5 m); 1
gravel/boulder) coarse gravel/boulders
GP–SP (sand–gravel mix) Boulder gravels, pebbles & cobbles in filling 1
sand (11.5–26.5 m); very coarse with sand
matrix
Sandstone (Rock) → mapped Dark grey hard sandstone (26.5–37.5 m); pile 1
to GP/SP equivalent termination stratum

Soil Type (IS Description from Bore Logs / Lab Data Total
1498) Occurrences*
CL / ML Soft clay stone (non-plastic to low-plastic silty clay, NP 18
(mapped) limits, low compressibility)
Rock (not IS 1498 Hard quartzite rock (N > 50) 18
soil)

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total

Occurrences*
CH (High “High Compressible Clay” recorded in all test pits and 3
compressibility clay) plate load tests. LL ≈ 50–56 %, PL ≈ 22–23 %, PI ≈ 30–33
%, fines ≈ 85–95 %

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description (from Bore Logs / Grain Size / Lab Data) Total
Occurrences*
ML / SM (mapped) Filling soil – brown loose fill with 50–63 % silt+clay 8
and non-plastic Atterberg limits
SC–SM (Clayey silty Natural soil layer of clayey silty sand with gravels, 1
sand with gravel) medium dense
CL (Low plasticity clay) Thin seam of low plastic clay (LL 35 %, PI 11 %) 1
encountered in BH-2
GW/GP (Gravelly sand) Weathered rock with lime/clay intrusions behaving 12
as dense gravelly sand (non-plastic, N>40)
GP (Poorly graded Soft disintegrated rock with very high SPT N, non- 9
gravel) plastic
Rock (Not IS soil) → Harder weathered rock to refusal depth in all 4
mapped to GP/GW boreholes (foundation stratum)

Soil Type (IS Description (from Bore Logs / Lab Data) Total
1498) Occurrences*
CL (Low-plasticity Light brown sandy silt with gravels, low plasticity 2
clay) (Lithounit-X, G.L. to 2.0–2.5 m)
SM (Silty sand) Light brown silty sand, non-plastic (Lithounit-Y, 2.0/2.5 m 2
to 10 m)

Soil Type (IS 1498) Description from Report Total

Occurrences*
CH (High-plasticity Brownish black silty clay of high plasticity with little 1
clay) gravel (0.0–0.3 m)
CI (Medium- Brownish yellow very stiff silty clay of medium 3
plasticity clay) plasticity with little gravel (0.3–5.1 m)
CL (Low-plasticity Yellow hard silty clay of low plasticity with little gravel 3
clay) (5.1–10 m)

Soil Type (IS Description (from Bore Logs, Grain Size & Lab Data) Total
1498) Occurrences*

CI Inorganic clays of intermediate plasticity (LL ≈ 45–50 %, PI 10

≈ 15–22 %)

CH Inorganic clay of high plasticity (LL ≈ 52–54 %, PI ≈ 27 %) 3

MI Inorganic silts of intermediate plasticity (LL ≈ 36–45 %, PI ≈ 18

8–17 %)

MH Inorganic silt of high plasticity (LL ≈ 50–52 %, PI ≈ 20–22 %) 6

ML Inorganic silts of low plasticity (LL ≈ 35 %, PI ≈ 9 %) 2

SM Silty sand (non-plastic; sand ≈ 30 %, silt ≈ 61 %) 1

Soil Type (IS Description (from Bore Logs / Lab Data) Total
1498) Occurrences*

CH High-plasticity clay (black cotton soil) – dark grey to black, 6

highly compressible, LL ≈ 60–65 %, PI ≈ 35–40 %

CI Medium-plasticity clay – brownish grey stiff clay with LL ≈ 45– 3

50 %, PI ≈ 18–25 %

CL Low-plasticity clay / sandy clay – brown to yellowish brown, 2

stiff to hard, LL ≈ 32–36 %, PI ≈ 9–12 %

SM Silty sand – non-plastic sand–silt mix, fines ≈ 25–30 % 1

SP Poorly graded sand – clean fine to medium sand, non-plastic 1

Soil Type (IS Description (from Bore Logs / Lab Data) Total
1498) Occurrences*

ML Low-plasticity silt / sandy silt – brown to grey, non-plastic to 4

slightly plastic, fines >50%

SM Silty sand / sand-silt mix – fine to medium sand with 25–35% 3

silt, non-plastic

CL Low-plasticity sandy clay – stiff brown clayey soil with fine 2

sand, LL ≈ 32–36%, PI ≈ 10–12%

SC Clayey sand – sand with clay binder, medium dense 1

SP-SM Poorly graded sand with silt – clean sand with trace silt 1

Soil Type (IS Description (from report) Total Occurrences*

1498)

SM Silty sand / Silty sand with gravel (brown/reddish 12

brown)

GM-SM Gravelly silty sand (brown/red) 5

SC Clayey sand with presence of gravel 3

GM Gravelly sand with silt 2

Rock/HR Hard rock/soft rock (granite) – not an IS soil but 12 (rock layer present in
recorded as termination strata almost all boreholes)
Soil Type (IS Description (from report) Total
1498) Occurrences

ML Grey clayey silt / sandy silt (low plastic) 17

CL Grey silty clay (medium–stiff, high plasticity) 10

SM Grey silty sand (medium dense) 6

SW Grey fine sand, well graded 5

Soil Type (IS Description (from Bore Logs / Lab Data) Total
1498) Occurrences*

CH High-plasticity clay (black cotton soil) – dark grey to black, highly 7

compressible, LL ≈ 61–67 %, PI ≈ 35–40 %

CI Medium-plasticity clay – brownish grey stiff clay, LL ≈ 45–52 %, 5

PI ≈ 18–24 %

CL Low-plasticity clay / sandy clay – brown to yellowish brown, stiff 3

to hard, LL ≈ 32–38 %, PI ≈ 9–12 %

SM Silty sand – non-plastic sand–silt mix, fines ≈ 25–30 % 2

SP Poorly graded sand – clean fine to medium sand, non-plastic 1