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Socio-economic situation that led to encroachment in tank irrigation system

Volume : 95
Issue: Jan-jun
Pages: 158 - 161
Published: May 05, 2023
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Abstract


An investigation was undertaken to study the socio-economic situation that led to encroachment in tank irrigation system. This study was conducted in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. The study revealed the situation that led to encroachment in tank irrigation system were aspiration, encroachers owned farm remaining adjacent to tank head region, encroacher’s occupation, no objection by Government and villagers and siltation in the tank etc., This study also focus the suggestion to prevent the encroachment in tank irrigation system.

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158 - 161
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Socio-economic situation Encroachment and Tank irrigation system
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