Watershed Management of Joda-Barbil Mining Area, Odisha, India: A Geospatial Approach

Abstract

Geological Information System plays vital protagonist in watershed management particularly in mining areas in hilly terrain .Though GIS cannot be a resource for analytical resources but can be efficiently used for mapping and related engineering activities within the watershed. Present study is based on watershed management Geospatial Technology with spatial reference to mining area in order to suggest the best possible management strategies to protect crop field, degraded forest cover and maintain the energy balance. The software employed are Arc GIS 10.1 and ERDAS Imagine 9.2 for the analysis. The slope, flow direction, flow accumulation and the contour maps have been constructed to search for the ground water potential zone and analyzed for searching lacking hydraulic structures beyond the existing one. Proposal for adequate numbers of new check dams, percolating boulder bundhs, vegetative barriers and gulley bundhs are found out as ameliorative measures to develop backward tribal mining areas of Odisha.

Ecosystem and Vulnerabilities to Fisher’s Community: Tampara Wetland, South Odisha Coast, India

“…The impacts of strandline shift, progradation/ or aggradation of the beach, deterioration of the ecosystem and the watershed hydrology with Salinity intrusion shall make the geomorphology fragile. Time demands have a sustainable ecosystem, so we should have a competent and scientific appraisal to achieve future water demand and ecosystem restoration through watershed development (WSD) having social, economic, political, and ecological entities, particularly along the Odisha coast [25,26].…”

Implementation of Road Safety Audit to Highlight the Deformities in the Design and Environmental Safety Features: A Case Study on National Highway-326

“…There are continuous road accidents; numbers of serpentine bends and over turnings causes many road accidents causing disruption in traffic flow, delay in travel time and human losses. The numbers of drainages and accident of forest animals particularly the elephant has drawn the attention to have a road safety audit (RSA) and recommend for adequate road safety standards for the NH passing area as a case study, Panda et al [24], Mishra et al [25], Bagh et al [26].…”

“…The street accidents, deaths and injuries are worldwide phenomena and the main factor responsible for these fatal accidents is the mixed traffic that is presently existing on Indian multilane highways .Idea and principles of quality management and sustainable safety have made progress in the last20 years and it could might be the reason that drove policymakers and project managers to understand the requirement for simply road security tools. Road Safety Audit (RSA) is probably the best tool for development of road security; where specialists endeavor to recognize possibly the prone areas where more possibilities of accidents exist on the highway and propose the safety methods [1,2]. Road Safety Audit can be characterized as a wellorganized and consistent approach for assessment of existing or new streets by an autonomous audit teaming various parameters such as planning, design, construction, operation & maintenance aiming to attain secured roads and to implement measures to improve and enhance overall safety [3,4].…”