TALUKA-LEVEL
GIS DATABASE ON WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES:
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh Developed by
ForWaRD
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This CD contains a
GIS (Geographical Information System) database of the spread
of and expenditure on watershed development programmes in
3 states of India, viz., Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh. The information is disaggregated to the taluka/tehsil
level, and is also broken down by the major watershed development
programmes that are being implemented in these states. The
GIS-based approach enables easy visualisation of the regional
variation in the data.
This database has been put together from government sources
and is entirely in the public domain. The database has been
built from data provided by different departments in different
forms. The teams of researchers involved had to go to different
departments and agencies to collect the data. In Maharashtra
and MP, they had to go to district and some times sub-district
levels and collect and compile the information. There are
data gaps, and also incompatibilities between data from different
sources. With all its limitations, the compilation of this
database is an important step forward because, for the first
time, data regarding all watershed programmes are being compiled
at the taluka level.
This database may be copied and redistributed, as long as
its integrity is maintained, it is distributed in its entirety,
the source is acknowledged and no charges are levied by anybody
for these copies/redistribution. |
