Multithematic Study for Water Management and Selection of Water Conservation Sites using Integrated Remote Sensing Technique in Tahsil, Mandsaur District, M. P.
T. Habib, S. Goyal, N. K. Sharma and S. N. Rajak
India
Introduction
Water in the bio hydrosphere is an extremely finite but replenishible resource . the variable behaviour of ground water movement and occurrence in the hard rock areas and consequent recurrence of monsoon failure together with rising demand of water resources due to modern development and growing population pressure disturbs the equilibrium of optimal recharge conditions of water resources. The growing incompatibility between the supply in terms of availability and demand of water have necessitated and pressurized the scientists to adopt a more systematic and integrated scientific approach for sustainable development and management of water resources. The emerging scenario demands the quick and cost effective measures to gather the informations on various related aspects. Remote sensing has proved its effectiveness in generating detailed parameters required for suggesting action plan in this regard on sustainable basis.
The conjunctive use of surface and ground water and augmenting sub surface water storage is the answer to cope up with such conditions. Manasa tehsil of Mandsaur district is facing acute shortage of water resources and regular depleting trend of water table. If is, therefore, imperative that surface water storage should be created for checking the outflow of surface run of and catering the need of local population. At places where strata is capable of getting recharged needs construction of artificial recharge structures. The study suggests the suitable areas for both the purposes.
Study Area
Manasa Tahsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh has been chosen for the study; keeping in view that the area is suffering from acute scarcity of potable water and depletion of water table. The area under the tahsil boundary has been selected considering that the developmental activities can be effectively and efficiently taken up from the administrative view point. The study area lies between longitude 75001' to 750'35' E and latitude 240019 and 240;43' N falling in survey of India (SOI) topographical sheet No. 45 P covering a total geographical area of about 1500 sq. kms
Physiographically, the northern part of study are is highly undulgatory and at places flat whereas southern part varies from moderately undulating to vast flat terrain, depicting dominance of extensive erosion of Deccan Trap basalts.
Materials & Methodology
Landsat TM FCC imagery of January, 1986 and IRS LISS-II data of November, 1992 and February 1993 have been used to extract the various thematic details. The SOI topographical map No. 45 P/2, P/3, P/6, P/7, P/10 and P/11 were used for taking base informations. Besides, published and reports were also consulted.
The satellite data was visually interpreted to delineate the thematic informations related to Geology, Geomorphology, Landuse/Land Cover, Geological structures like lineaments etc. The interpreted thematic details are transferred on to the base map. Various thematic informatiosn were integrated and finally dam sites suitable/ for surface water storage and artificial recharge structures were identified considering the proximity to the habitation, as a prime factor to cater the needs of the local people and also recharge the aquifer in that vicinity.
