Abstract

The ravages effected by soil erosion are well-known and people are becoming alive to the dangers caused by it to land and to agriculture. The problem is serious in the west-coast where the land and cultivated fields are full of ups and downs and where the rainfall is about 150 inches in a year of which about 100 inches of rain are received in as many days from June to September every year. Further the soils are mostly light and sandy. During the monsoon it is a common sight to find a small rut or a foot-path developing into a deep gully overnight; field bunds, embankments of channels, river sides, road sides and even railway embankments are often washed off causing serious damage.

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