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Synopsis Tremendous increase in population and rapid development in all the spheres have resulted in conflicting demand of water due to its limited availability necessitating economic and prudent utilization of existing water resources on the one hand and adoption of strategies for conservation and storage of water. Construction of dams is one of the measures to store and conserve water. The book “Water and Soil Management” makes a thorough investigation into various aspects connected with various dams generally and Bhakra, the Damodar, Hirakud and Tungabhadra in particular. Delving deep into numerous benefits that these big and small dams have given to people in general, the book makes specific study on displacement and rehabilitation problems faced by inhabitants of the places who are displaced due to construction of these dams. What these problems are, how they arose, how the grievances can be mitigated have been dealt with in the book. The book will be of immense utility to students, teachers, researchers, water-resource managers and general readers.