Control of bank erosion

Streambank erosion happens due to a larger flow of river or stream water during the rainy season that cuts a chunk of soil from the river or stream bank. Repeated cutting of chunks of soil weakens the banks and allow it to erode more with complete demolishing of the embankments. There are several ways to control bank erosion by construction of concrete structures, gabions, wooden logs, live vegetation, coir mat, synthetic mat, coconut coir logs along river embankments.