Environmental Impacts In The Construction Of Dams

This paper with the title “environmental impacts in the construction of dams” clearly describes the massive effects faced by the environment while constructing mega-structures such as dams. As it comes under huge structures therefore it may sometimes affect the ecological balance of the nature in many ways. So this paper clearly describes about the  impacts being governed in the construction of dams as well as  the measures that should  be taken into consideration while the constructing such  huge structures so that the effects on humans, nature, could be minimized. The environmental impacts of dams can also be classified according to different criteria as long term and short term impacts, the impacts on the close area and the impacts on the regions where the dam services, social and unsocial impacts, beneficial and harmful impacts .These effects may be either climatic, hydraulic, biologic, social, cultural, archaeological etc.