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Title: | RECLAMATION OF TORRENTS IN DOON VALLEY - A CASE STUDY |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | US PATNAIK RK SINGH VN SHARDA SK DHYANI |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1995-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | RECLAMATION, TORRENTS, DOON VALLEY |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | THE AUTHORS BRINGS OUT THAT ENCRAOCHMENT INTO THE FERTILE AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDS THROUGH BANK CUTTING AND DEBRIS DEPOSITION BY MEANDERING AND VIOLENT TORRENTS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FORMS OF LAND DEGRADATION IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS AND SHIWALIKS . IN DOON VALLEY , ABOUT 1/3 RD OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HILL TORRENTS. IN A TORRENT CONTROL RESEARCH PROJECT TAKEN UP AT BAINKHALA TORRENT AT SELAKUI IN WESTERN PART OF THE VALLEY, VARIOUS MECHANICAL AND VEGETATIVE MEASURES WERE TRIED. IN THIS PAPER THEIR RELATIVE EFFICACY AND LIMITATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. CONTROL MEASURES USED IN THE PROJECT WERE REPELLING SPURS, RETAINING WALLS, CROSS BARRIERS AND VEGETATIVE HEDGE ROWS SUPPORTED BY VEGETATIVE SPURS. ALL THESE MEASURES ACHIEVED LIMITED SUCCESS AS NONE OF THEM WAS FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING VIOLENT PEAK FLOW EVENTS. CONSIDERING INITIAL AND MAINTENANCE COST, RISK OF TOTAL FAILURE AND EFFICACY OF DIVERTING THE FLOWS, VEGETATIVE MEASURES AND REPELLING SPURS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Not Available |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Not Available |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/42483 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISWC-Publication |
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