Shillong, July 11: Deputy Chief Minister and In charge Soil and Water Conservation Mr.Rowel1 Lyngdoh released the Watershed Atlas of Meghalaya at the Annual Officers 7th-Conference, Office Complex, Polo Hills, Shillong released the Watershed Atlas hasbeen prepared by the Soil and Water Conservation Department in collaboration with the NorthEastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), Department of Space, Government of India.
The department is publishing the Watershed Atlas where all the watersheds in Meghalayaare delineated and coded by following the Alpha Numeric System according to NationalStandard Watershed Atlas of India. The Watershed Atlas indicates a detailed report on theabsolute extent of the micro-watersheds, mini-watersheds and their linkage to the sub-catchment, catchment and basins of the state.
Watershed Atlas will facilitate proper planning and prioritization of Watershed Projectand avoid duplication. It will also give information of location of villages, roads, school and hospitals and can be superimposed on the Atlas from a map of any scale by geo-referencing and can be reproduced to any desired scale as per requirement of the end user.
The Atlas is a base line data on which a data bank can be built and generated for each micro-watershed such as erosion index, soil data, land-use -land-cover and meteorological data. Once these datas are entered the information for any watershed can b retrieved at the click of a button.
The Atlas provides a precise and comprehensive database for developing appropriatestrategies for watershed development projects in the spheres of agriculture, resource conservation using scientific interventions.
The i”nfomation and data contained in this report has far reaching scope for effectiveimplementation of watershed programmes and can also be an important tool for works under various other departments and NGOs as well.
During the programme different Soil 2nd W&er Conservation Divisions of the sfate madepower point presentations followed by general discussion. Mr. D Langstieh Director, Soil andWater Conservation, Meghalaya presented a report of various programmes and activities of thedepartment. Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya, Mr. Barkos Warjri chairedthe function.(SP News)
