VERNACULAR BUILDINGS IN UTTARAKHAND AND HIMACHAL

Abstract

Uttarakhand and Himachal are recognized as being highly vulnerable to earthquakes. In the past the region has been jolted by great earthquakes. People living in earthquake affected areas are generally quick to understand the fundamental premise of earthquake safety, that the key to avoiding loss of human lives lies in ensuring safe construction. This fundamental understanding gave rise to the development of innovative practices to reduce human loss arising from structural collapse. Vernacular Architecture is the result experience, experimentation and accumulated knowledge of our ancestors which have the all earthquake safety measures. But there is not much work is done to understand this indigenous construction technique. In this report we study about connection details and their strength in kath-kuni structures. As connections plays very important role in performance of any structure.