Agricultural Engineering Today

  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Soil and water conservation activities of Damodar valley corporation

  • Author:
  • Kamal Misra
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1 to 13

Soil Conversation Department, Damodar Valley Corporation, Hazaribagh (Bihar).

Abstract

This pager gives success story of a well planned and executed multi purpose water management project by Damodar Valley Corporation during the last 50 years which has made phenomenal impact on reservoir sedimentation, reduction of silt discharge, water conservation, sustainable increase in crop yields and in generation of additional income and employment in the catchment area.