01823nam a2200277 a 450000500170000008200130001710000180003011000150004824500760006326000720013963000220021163000180023363000120025163000180026363000200028163000080030163000110030963000140032070000160033496400190035096510220036999700200139199900190141195200570143095200580148720251203115452.0  a363bKAR  aKarunakaran N  aAbbasi S.A  aSome aspects of environmental impacts Sathanur Dam and its command area  aPondicherybCentre for pollution Control and Energy Technology, P.U  aPollution Control  aSedimentation  aTourism  aPublic Health  aSocio Economics  aEIA  aM.Phil  aDuplicate  aAbbasi,S.A.  bENGcdefg_  aFour 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  aT1701 R T1702 C  c212628d212628  00104071aPUbPUd2001-10-04l0o363 KARpT1701yR  00104070aPUbPUd2001-10-09l0o363 KARpT1702yBK