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... ( nearly a billion U.S. dollars ) had been spent on embankments and other struc- tural controls . Yet , as we have seen , flood damage is increasing TABLE 6 Annual Damage Caused by Floods in India , The Myth of Flood Control 121.
... ( nearly a billion U.S. dollars ) had been spent on embankments and other struc- tural controls . Yet , as we have seen , flood damage is increasing TABLE 6 Annual Damage Caused by Floods in India , The Myth of Flood Control 121.
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... flood control programs . In many instances , such departments exist in little more than name . Thus , according to the Indian Express , India's National Commission on Flood Control , set up in the wake of the disastrous 1975 floods ...
... flood control programs . In many instances , such departments exist in little more than name . Thus , according to the Indian Express , India's National Commission on Flood Control , set up in the wake of the disastrous 1975 floods ...
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... subject of land and water management : The only way to tackle the growing menace of floods is to control deforestation , denudation , and soil erosion in the watersheds of rivers . [ Such a task ] must be undertaken The Myth of Flood ...
... subject of land and water management : The only way to tackle the growing menace of floods is to control deforestation , denudation , and soil erosion in the watersheds of rivers . [ Such a task ] must be undertaken The Myth of Flood ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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