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1.	Evaluate the role of dams in flood control with the help of suitable examples.
Answer» (1) Initially, it was expected that large dams would control flood as well as help conserve water. (2) Ironically, the dams built to control floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoirs. (3) Big darns have been mostly unsuccessful in controlling floods at the time of excessive rainfall. (4) The release of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006.

Evaluate the role of dams in flood control with the help of suitable examples.

Answer»

(1) Initially, it was expected that large dams would control flood as well as help conserve water.

(2) Ironically, the dams built to control floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoirs.

(3) Big darns have been mostly unsuccessful in controlling floods at the time of excessive rainfall.

(4) The release of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006.