00000nam a2200000 a 4500 20251203115452.0 363 KAR Karunakaran N Abbasi S.A Some aspects of environmental impacts Sathanur Dam and its command area Pondichery Centre for pollution Control and Energy Technology, P.U Pollution Control Sedimentation Tourism Public Health Socio Economics EIA M.Phil Duplicate Abbasi,S.A. ENG _ Four impacts of the Sathanur reservoir namely sedimentation,tourism,Public health and Socio-economic aspects were taken up for detailed studies.Impact assessment conclusions are briefly summarised as follow. Sedimentation:The present capacity of Sathanur reservoir as on 1982 survey has been reduced from 234.82 Mm3 during the year 1957 to 207.302Mm3. Tourism:Sathanur Dam is an attractive and popular tourists'destination which can be gauged from the fact that lakhs and lakhs of tourists visit the dam site every year. Public health:Introduction of canal irrigation hs contributed to the increase in the incidences of water borne diseases like malaria and filaria among the villagers both in the catchment and command region. Socio-economics:Unlined and faulty canals coupled with theirmismanagement and inappropriate drainage have given rise to water logging and salinity problems in the command region T1701 R T1702 C 212628 212628 0 0 0 1 PU PU 2001-10-04 0 363 KAR T1701 R 0 0 0 0 PU PU 2001-10-09 0 363 KAR T1702 BK