Uttarakhand state in the Indian Himalaya being the place...A critical review of retrofitting methods for unreinforced masonry structuresMarch 2014Subhamoy Bhattacharya | Sanket Nayak | Sekhar Chandra DuttaUnreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are common throughout Latin America, the Himalayan region, Eastern Europe, Indian subcontinent and other parts of Asia.