Stabilization is a broad sense for the various methods employed and modifying the properties of a soil to improve its engineering performance and used for a variety of engineering works. Soil stabilization has become the major issue in construction engineering and the researches regarding the effectiveness of using industrial wastes as a stabilizer are rapidly increasing. This study briefly describes the suitability of the local fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to be used

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... in the local construction industry in a way to minimize the amount of waste to be disposed to the environment causing environmental pollution. In this present study, different amount of fly ash and GGBS are added separately i.e. 5, 10, 15 and 20% by dry weight of soil are used to study the stabilization of soil. The performance of stabilized soil are evaluated using physical and strength performance tests like specific gravity, atterberg limits, standard proctor test and California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test at optimum moisture content. From the results, it was found that optimum value of fly ash is 15% and GGBS is 20% for stabilisation of given soil based on CBR value determined.