International Journal of Global Science Research ISSN: 2348-8344 (Online) Vol.3, Issue 6, October 2016, pp. 406-420 Available Online at www.ijgsr.com © Copyright 2014 | ijgsr.com | All Rights Reserved Research Paper Usages of Reservoirs in Gwalior Region Madhya Pradesh India Yogesh Singh* and Rao R. J. Indira Gandhi Academy of Environmental Education, Research and Eco-Planning, Jiwaji University, Gwalior-474011 India School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior-474011 India *Corresponding author Email:
[email protected] Received: 05/09/2016 Revised: 12/09/2016 Accepted: 30/09/2016 Abstract : Dams and reservoirs the water been growing controversy about the failure bodies that is very important for us and for of these projects to address environment and whole universe. At present, more than social concerns. These dams extend major 45,000 large dams and an estimated 800,000 contribution in fish culture and drinking small dams regulate the world’s River; some water supply. Dams, large and small, are have been built to supply water including planned, constructed and operated to meet irrigation, control floods, provide for human needs in the generation of energy, navigation, fishing and recreation, and irrigation for agricultural production, flood importantly to generate electricity. The control, supply of drinking water, and reservoirs have played a powerful role in various other purposes. economic development; however, there has Keywords: Irrigation, Reservoirs INTRODUCTION Dams between 10 and 15 meter also fall into Dams, wetlands and aquatic ecosystems are this category if: crest length is over 500 m or the biological machine of the earth. They are spillway discharge over 2000m 3s-1 or the basis for life and the livelihoods of local reservoir capacity is more than one million communities.