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15 Maximum increaseinwastelandsarea There wasincreaseof2.86sq.km.underwastelandsareainBageswardistrict Rudraprayag districthas Wastelands areain An areaof3.21sq.km.wastelands Net increaseofwastelands Dehra Dun HIMACHAL 06 Haridwar UTT Fe atur AR PRADESH 09 PRADESH es T ehri Garhwal Uttarkashi 0 Pauri Garhwal Dehradun districthasdecreasedby2.38sq.km. 120 Km. observed anincreaseinwastelands

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UTTARAKHAND Spatial Distribution of Wastelands 2015-16 HIMACHAL PRADESH

CHINA

Legend Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) Land with Dense Scrub Land with Open Scrub Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Moderate) Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Strong) Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) Degraded pastures/grazing land Degraded land under plantation crop Sands - Riverine Sands - Coastal Sands - Desertic Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab > 40m NEPAL Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab 15-40m UTTAR PRADESH Mining Wastelands Industrial Wastelands 3; 2% 4; 6% Barren Rocky Area 11; 6% Snow Covered/ Glacial Area 13; 5% Non Wasteland Area Water ways 23; 56% 22; 24% District Boundary Railways Major Roads

0212.5 55075100 Kms

Land Use & Cover Monitoring Divn. Uttarakhand Space Application Centre Dept. of Land Resources LRUMG,Remote Sensing Application Total Geog. Area (TGA): Source: Wasteland Maps: 2008-09 on 1:50,000 scale, 230/ II Phase – 2 Min. of Rural Development 53483.00 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Centre Total wasteland area : Three seasons IRS P6 LISS-III data of Kharif(Oct/Nov-2015), Vasant Vihar G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan 12726.16 sq. km. ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI Wasteland Percentage: Rabi (Jan/Feb-2016) and Zaid (April/May-2016) & Ground truth Dehradun – 248 001 GOI, New Delhi - 110 011 23.79 Partner Inst. Executed By

Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Sponsored by UTTARAKHAND Wastelands Area Change Matrix : 2008-09 and 2015-16 Area in sq.km

PAGE 209 PAGE 210 Note: “--”DenotesthisClassisnotexistingintheDistrict/ State Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 Uttarakhand Pauri Garhwal Tehri Garhwal Rudra Prayag Udham Singh Pithoragarh Champawat Grand Total Bageshwar Dehra Dun Uttarkashi District Haridwar Naini Tal Chamoli Almora Nagar WL_Class 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change 1 ------6. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Seasonal) 5. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Permanent) 4. LandwithOpenScrub 3. LandwithDenseScrub 2. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Deep) 1. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Medium) 2 ------102.78 102.78 308.36 310.90 22.18 30.15 30.42 53.73 55.78 11.43 11.43 36.88 36.88 20.89 20.95 22.18 -0.28 -0.15 -2.05 -2.54 -0.06 3 0.00 4.44 4.59 0.00 0.00 7.05 7.05 0.00 3.86 3.86 0.00 0.00 9.04 9.04 0.00 3.85 3.85 0.00 2.10 2.10 0.00 191.65 103.00 103.51 801.08 790.65 124.71 122.15 193.01 55.48 54.30 26.87 26.65 19.82 21.59 24.43 23.90 66.92 66.73 53.52 52.05 40.83 40.05 10.43 13.83 13.62 55.54 53.63 23.11 20.82 -1.77 -0.51 4 1.18 0.21 0.53 0.19 1.47 0.78 2.57 0.21 1.91 2.30 1.36 5 ------2008-09 Wastelands statisticsarerevisedversion. 6 0.00 3.21 3.21 0.00 3.21 3.21 ------12. Under-utilised/degradedforest (Agriculture) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest(Scrubdomin) 10. ShiftingCultivation- Abandoned Jhum 9. 8. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Strong) 7. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Medium) Shifting Cultivation-CurrentJhum 7 ------8 ------9 ------10 ------716.29 717.90 102.31 102.31 101.41 101.69 117.22 117.45 18.83 18.83 73.49 73.49 50.10 51.17 10.30 10.30 17.96 17.96 56.97 56.97 76.38 76.38 54.14 54.17 34.49 34.49 11 -1.61 -0.27 -0.23 -1.08 -0.03 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 TGA -Total Geographical Area 18. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab>40m 17. Sands-Desertic 16. Sands-Coastal 15. Sands-Riverine 14. Degradedlandunderplantationcrop 13. Degradedpastures/grazingland 43.60 43.60 15.10 15.10 12 0.00 0.00 0.80 0.80 0.00 2.80 2.80 0.00 1.99 1.99 0.00 5.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.56 0.56 0.00 1.31 1.31 0.00 5.76 5.76 0.00 5.07 5.07 0.00 5.17 5.17 ------661.91 208.65 208.65 166.78 166.78 136.08 136.08 661.91 61.97 61.97 19.06 19.06 68.42 68.42 13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.61 0.61 0.00 0.34 0.34 0.00 0.00 ------14 1.86 0.00 1.86 1.86 0.00 1.86 ------18.67 11.82 15 0.11 0.55 0.44 0.27 0.38 0.12 0.29 0.97 0.68 2.28 2.77 0.49 0.05 0.28 0.23 0.54 2.50 1.96 0.80 0.88 0.08 1.31 5.79 4.48 0.17 1.65 1.48 0.00 0.54 0.54 0.34 0.70 0.37 0.54 1.28 0.74 0.16 0.37 0.21 6.85 16 ------23. Snowcovered/Glacialarea 22. BarrenRocky/Stonywaste 21. Industrialwastelands 20. MiningWastelands 19. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab15-40m 17 ------18 ------19 ------20 0.39 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.24 0.20 0.00 0.19 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.89 2.60 1.72 0.00 0.49 0.49 1.34 4.96 3.62 0.12 0.62 0.50 0.29 0.68 ------21 ------1250.00 3037.70 3037.70 1246.01 1246.01 1250.00 509.93 509.93 11.68 11.68 14.48 14.48 22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.00 2.24 2.24 0.00 0.60 0.60 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.24 ------7128.52 7128.52 1947.85 1947.85 1747.65 1747.65 2532.10 2532.10 209.90 209.90 443.85 443.85 247.17 247.17 23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ------12726.16 12711.69 3639.91 3637.23 3456.06 3454.35 3335.04 3334.51 Area insq.km Total 408.41 406.55 570.76 566.18 283.84 282.36 125.58 125.88 178.04 180.43 444.10 441.23 118.46 117.52 14.46 26.04 25.44 43.60 44.21 96.33 95.80 -0.30 -0.61 -2.38 2.68 0.60 1.86 4.57 1.70 1.48 0.53 0.52 2.86 0.94 53483 TGA 8016 2579 3642 1984 7091 5327 4216 2360 3088 1766 8030 2250 3134

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