There are frequently floods, earthquakes and mudslides which annually cause heavy damage to key infrastructure such as check dams and bridges.
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Efforts to reduce the rate of sediment accumulation, including dredging, check dam construction and watershed restoration work, have had a limited effect.
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Significantly, the Check dam campaign, that went along from late'90s brought almost a drastic change resulting in raising water tables in Saurashtra.
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During the 11th century, they built check dams and terraces near drainages and slopes in an effort to conserve soil and runoff.
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Acterra continues to restore the area by creating check dams to slow water flow, while removing invasive flora and replacing them with natives.
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Poorly maintained, with little security, the park, built less than five years ago, is at best a glorified entrance to the check dam.
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"' Vasishta Nadi "', named after the Hindu sage Vasishtha, originates from Check dams are constructed at Attur, Thalivasal and Periyeri / Aragalur.
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By December 2008 500, 000 structures had been built, of which 113, 738 were check dams, which helped recharge the aquifers beneath them.
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By doing so, the water can pond between check dams and thus slow the flow's velocity down substantially as the water progresses downslope.
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Installing check dams or elevating the stream by filling the gully are common ways to mitigate up stream migration of the nick point.
