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Page 195
... figures suggest . During the Second World War , the amount of land under cultivation actually increased , and it was not until 1960 that the total cultivated area dropped back below its 1939 level . The net loss of land referred to in ...
... figures suggest . During the Second World War , the amount of land under cultivation actually increased , and it was not until 1960 that the total cultivated area dropped back below its 1939 level . The net loss of land referred to in ...
Page 198
... figures are different . He writes : " Nationwide programs to re- claim new land [ river - control schemes , the irrigation of desert lands , etc. ] brought a total area of 372,000 hectares under culti- vation during 1955-1975 but the ...
... figures are different . He writes : " Nationwide programs to re- claim new land [ river - control schemes , the irrigation of desert lands , etc. ] brought a total area of 372,000 hectares under culti- vation during 1955-1975 but the ...
Page 263
... figures submitted by the Karnataka Power Corporation in support of its Bedti dam . On the basis of his own calculations , Paranjpye ar- gued : " Even if the most obvious and direct costs of the project are taken into account , the ...
... figures submitted by the Karnataka Power Corporation in support of its Bedti dam . On the basis of his own calculations , Paranjpye ar- gued : " Even if the most obvious and direct costs of the project are taken into account , the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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