Management Strategies of Abandoned Channels of the Sankosh River Basin in India

The fluvio-dynamic characteristics of Sankosh river and its frequent changes and abandonment of courses counts for adequate academic importance from behavioural point of view of alluvial channels in the zone of sub Himalayan margin and the areas associated with abandoned courses in the lower course of the basin have significant importance from the socio economic and environmental point of view. Therefore, the attempts has been made to bring out some unexplored facts about the Restoration, conservation and management of abandoned channels which are supposed to be more useful to socio-economic development as well as risk reduction for human habitation and sustainable use of lands of the surrounding channels areas.