A review of the literature reveals the following two facts about reservoir induced seismicity in reverse and thrust fault environments. First, induced earthquakes at Monticello, Manic 3 and Nurek reservoir sites yielded reverse and thrust fault type composite fault plane solutions. Second, theoretically also, numerical simulations of the response of a porous elastic earth to reservoir loads by Bell and Nur for reverse fault environment and by Roeloffs for reverse and thrust envir onments show that destablization of such faults can occur if they are located suitably with respect to the reservoir. The motivation for this review is that several large reservoirs are planned for the Garhwal Himalaya where geological mapping and earthquake fault plane solutions suggest that reactivation of reverse and faults has been and continues to be an important element of the tectonics of the region.