PRESENTATION

ON
Environmental laws concerned
with construction of multi
purpose dam
PRESENTED BY shubham
upadhyay
CUJ/I/2013/IWEM/021
8th sem, iwem

SUBJECT - design of hydraulic

structure

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF
 INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION A multipurpose dam is defined as the dam
constructed for two or more purposes
Examples - storage, flood control, navigation, power generation,
fish and wildlife enhancement

SOME MULTIPURPOSE DAM OF INDIA

Damodar valley project -- Jharkhand

Bhakra-Nangal project Himachal Pradesh
Hirakund project -- Orissa
Kosi project -- Bihar
Chambal project Madhya pradesh
Nagarjuna sagar project Andhra pradesh
Beas project -- Punjab
MULTIPURPOSE DAM

SOURCE-- http://www.dams.org/kbase/thematic/issues_diagram
 Environmental laws concerned with
construction of
multi purpose dams
Some of the acts/laws are :-

Environmental impact assessment

Forest conservation act - 1980
environmental protection act 1986
water act
Public health act
Rehabilitations and resettlement act
prevention and control of pollution act

Some of the Authorities involved are :-

National disaster management authority

Pollution control board
Hydroelectric power corporation
National productivity council
Ministry of environment, forest and
climate change
Ngos.
 Reason for the environment issues

Impacts due to project location:-

Resettlement & rehabilitation of displaced family

Forests and forest land
Nature reserves
Grazing lands
Water resources inside the project area

Impacts due to project location:-

Hydrological balance
drainage
passage
 Reason for the environment issues

Impacts due to construction works:-

Soil erosion
Construction spoils
Public health

Impacts due to project operation:-

Residue of agro chemicals

Impact on soils
Ground water
Changes in surface water quality
Water related diseases

Effects of dam on earth crust:-

Reservoir triggered earthquakes koyna dam (maharastra), india ,

1967, M 6.7
 Example for
Environmental laws concerned with
construction of
multi purpose dam
Dibang project (rejected under environment act)

Indias largest dam, the dam to be built across the Dibang

river, in the
north eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

A 3,000 MW project, Dibang dam will not only generate

power but
supposedly control floods in the plains of neighboring
Assam state.

The Dams reservoir was estimated to submerge 5,000

hectares of dense
forest along the dibang river which would lead to cutting
down of huge
3.24 lac trees.
Involvement of authorities

1) National disaster management authority Pancheswar dam

project on mahakali
River
(Uttrakhand-Nepal).

2) Ngos and R&R authority Narmada valley project (sardar

sarovar dam), Gujrat.

3) Ngos and R&R authority Chandil & Icha dam (Jharkhand).

4) ministry of environment,forast and climate change Dibang

dam
(Arunachal pradesh).

5) National disaster management authority Koyna dam

(maharastra).
 REFERENCES
1. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

2. EIA Notification, 2006 and its amendments, MOEF, GOI.

3. Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

4. Guidelines for Sustainable Ware Resources Development and Management, CWC, September 1992.

5. Biological Diversity Act 2002

6. Anonymous 2006. National Policy on Resettlement and Rehabilitation for Project Affected Families,
Govt of India, Ministry of Rural Development, 2006.

7. Khanna R.K., 1996 & 1998 Guidelines for Environmental Monitoring of Water Resources Projects,
CWC,

8. Khanna R.K. (Ed), 2000

9. Anonymous 2000. Proceedings of All India Seminar on Environmental and Social Issues in Water
Resources Development and Management, Lucknow, June 2000

10. www.walkthroughindia.com

11. Slideshare.net
THANKS