dams are a cause of conflicts and displacement.explain 4 points in favour of this statement
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dams are cause of conflicts are as follow :
1. generation of electric power according to the economic survey of India 2005 26 such projects are generating 30,000 MB of power in March 2010 .
2. soil conservation these projects conserve soil by slowing down the speed of river water .
3. flood control this project control flood by storing excess water in their Reservoirs.
4. afforestation trees are systematically planted around IT services helping in preventing the natural ecosystem as well as wildlife .
dams cause displacement are as follow :
impact on society large river project cost large scale displacement of local communities along with with destruction of their livelihood and culture .
poor farmer suffer as their agricultural land is taken away .
Disco social gap between rich land owners and landless poor .
regulating of river affect the natural floor covering poor sediment flow index is collection of sediment at the bottom of the Reservoir resulting in rocky system beds and raised level of water causing floods.
for example, the release of water from them during heavy rain aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006 .