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AMENDMENT NO. 2 JUNE 2020

TO

IS 875 (PART 3) : 2015 DESIGN LOADS ( OTHER

THAN EARTHQUAKE ) FOR BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES — CODE OF PRACTICE
PART 3 WIND LOADS
( Third Revision )

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IS No. Title
SP 7 (Part 6/Sec 1) National building code of India 2016: Part 6 Structural
: 2016 design, Section 1 Loads, forces and effects

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entry:
‘pz = Wind pressure at height z;’

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National Building Code of India 2016 (NBC 2016)’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.
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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

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NBC 2016’ for ‘Fig. 1’.

[Page 7, Table 1, Sl No. i), col 2] — Substitute the following for the existing
entry:
‘All general buildings and structures, and ground based free standing tower up
to 50 m’

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ANNEX A
( Clause 6.2 )

BASIC WIND SPEED AT 10 m HEIGHT FOR

SOME IMPORTANT CITIES / TOWNS

City/Town Basic Wind Speed City/Town Basic Wind Speed

m/s m/s
Agra 47 Bahraich 50
Ahmedabad 39 Bengaluru 33
Ajmer 47 Barauni 47
Almora 39 Bareilly 50
Amritsar 50 Bhatinda 47
Asansol 47 Bhilai 44
Aurangabad 39 Bhopal 47

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City/Town Basic Wind Speed City/Town Basic Wind Speed

m/s m/s
Bhubaneshwar 50 Madurai 39
Bhuj 50 Mandi 39
Bikaner 47 Mangaluru 39
Bokaro 39 Moradabad 50
Chandigarh 50 Mumbai 44
Chennai 50 Mysuru 33
Coimbatore 39 Nagpur 44
Cuttack 50 Nainital 47
Darbhanga 47 Nasik 39
Darjeeling 47 Nellore 50
Dehra Dun 39 Panaji 39
Delhi 50 Patiala 50
Durgapur 47 Patna 47
Gangtok 47 Puducherry 50
Guwahati 50 Port Blair 44
Gaya 39 Pune 39
Gorakhpur 47 Raipur 44
Hyderabad 44 Rajkot 39
Imphal 44 Ranchi 39
Jabalpur 39 Roorkee 50
Jaipur 47 Rourkela 39
Jamshedpur 47 Simla 39
Jhansi 47 Srinagar 39
Jodhpur 47 Surat 44
Kanpur 47 Tiruchirrappalli 47
Kohima 44 Thiruvananthapuram 39
Kolkata 50 Udaipur 47
Kozhikode 39 Vadodara 39
Kurnool 39 Varanasi 47
Lakshadweep 39 Vijaywada 50
Lucknow 50 Visakhapatnam 50
Ludhiana 50

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