ABSTRACT
Growing urbanization has caused rapid growth in urban infrastructure. Future prospects indicate exponential infrastructure growth in the underground infrastructure. Construction process of tunnels and associated stations and shafts consists of excavation of tremendous quantities of earth. Steep growth in construction of underground tunnels will cause a tandem rise in excavation quantities of underground spoils of varying nature. This calls for efficient management of the massive quantities of excavated earthen spoils. Current study investigates possible applications of excavated earthen materials based on their material type. Applications range from their industrial applications to large scale utilization of muck in infrastructural aspects such as embankments, dams and landfills. There lies an immediate need for channelizing the demand using relevant earthen spoil banks. This paper studies the geotechnical, ecological and economical aspects associated with channelizing of the muck management operations.
