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Water has always played a major role in human societies. It is a source of life and prosperity and a cause of death and devastation. Because of this close relationship betw een w ater and m an, water resources management has been viewed as a crucial vehicle for socio-economic development.Due to its top ograp hy, river netw orks, su b-trop ical littoral location, the State is prone to heavy floods, tropical cyclone forced rainfall and storm surges.

The state has 11 river basins (Fig.1.1) and the basin details are given in Table 1.1. Its densely populated coastal plains are the alluvial deposits of its river systems. The rivers in these areas with heavy load of silt have very little carrying capacity, resulting in frequ ent flood s, only to be com p ou nd ed by breached embankments.