Monitoring & Evaluation of NWDPRA Watersheds (Phase III)

using Remote Sensing, GIS and MIS in the States of

Rajasthan

Final Mid-term Report

June, 2014

Submitted to
RFSD, MoA,
Government of India

Regional Remote Sensing Centre - South

NRSC/ISRO, Department of Space
Bangalore

2014
All rights are reserved
National Remote Sensing Centre
ISRO, Govt. of India, Hyderabad.
Rainfed Farming System Division(RFSD)
Min. of Agriculture, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

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Document Control Sheet

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Distribution

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Document version

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Document Type

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Controlled Document
Rainfed Farming System Division, MoA and
Partner Institutions
(b) Revision
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(a) Issue no. 01
& Date
01-12-2013
PROJECT REPORT
"NRSC-RC(S)-June-2014-TR-569 "

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Title

Monitoring & Evaluation of NWDPRA Watersheds

(Phase III) using Remote Sensing, GIS and MIS
in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Uttar Pradesh : Second Mid-Term Report

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Particulars of collation

Pages
840

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Author(s)

See the list of Project Team members

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Affiliation of authors

RRSC-South, Bangalore

Figures
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10. Scrutiny mechanism

Reviewed by
Dr KS Ramesh

11. Originating unit

RRSC-S, Bengaluru

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Sponsor(s) /
Name and Address

April, 2014

14. Date of Publication

May, 2014

Abstract
(with Keywords)

Reference
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Approved /Controlled by
Uday Raj, GM

Rainfed Farming System Division (RFSD),

Min. of Agriculture, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

13. Date of Initiation

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Tables
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Abstract: This document deals with the second

mid-term evaluation of selected 100 watersheds under
NWDPRA in AP, Rajasthan and UP identified in
consultation with Department of Agriculture. It is
compiled based on the analysis of satellite data of pretreatment, 1st mid-term and 2nd mid-term time periods
along with ground data collected on the progress of
implementation of ground activities.
Key words: watershed, Landuse, Biomass, NDVI,
Change detection, Pre and post treatment, Web MIS,
Remote Sensing, GIS

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary
Project Team
Acknowledgement
1.0

Background

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Impact Assessment using Remote Sensing & GIS

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Work Completed

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RS & GIS Based Monitoring

Watershed-wise Consolidated Project Reports

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A. First and Second Midterm Assessment- 4 Watersheds

B. Second Midterm Assessment- 32 Watersheds

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Results and Discussions

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References

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Executive Summary
Watershed development projects are generally long duration projects with the implementation
period ranging from 4 to 5 years. Evaluation of watershed projects both in the mid-term and
end of implementation require reference and base line data for evaluation of the impact of
development. Periodic mid-term evaluation also helps in midterm corrections/ interventions if
required. Unfortunately such required information is not readily available for most of the
watersheds for qualitative or quantitative analysis. One has to completely depend on recorded
data collected at watershed level by conventional techniques. Whereas, multispectral remote
sensing data can fill such data gaps and provide primary data on natural resources within a
watershed, particularly related to vegetation, soil and water for quantitative evaluation &
analysis, much faster and economical
Rainfed Farming Systems Division (RFSD), MoA, Government of India has approached
RRSC-South, NRSC, ISRO, for identification of modalities towards development &
implementation of a suitable watershed monitoring model built-in with standard indicators /
parameters to be used for monitoring developmental activities in the identified watersheds
taken-up across the country and implemented through respective State Government
mechanisms under the NWDPRA scheme. A project proposal was prepared and submitted to
MoA during March 2008. The proposal addressed adaptation of an optimum mix of
technologies for effective monitoring of NWDPRA watershed development activities. While the
proposal addressed national level monitoring of NWDPRA watershed development, it was
initially decided to field test the technology during 11th FYP in 3 selected states viz., Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh as suggested by the Ministry before further
extension to other states during the subsequent 12th FYP. The scope of the project assigned
to RRSC-South, Bangalore included

Evaluation of the impact of watershed programmes in 100 treated watersheds (each

of 500 Ha size approximately) in the three selected States on a pilot basis using four
sets of high resolution multi-temporal & multi-spectral satellite data.

Development of Web based MIS software package for all the 100 selected
NWDPRA watersheds for concurrent monitoring.

The project was initiated during the year 2008 and is expected to be completed by December
2014 coinciding with the final implementation on the ground. The approved budget of the
project is rupees 2.5 Crores funded by RFSD, MoA, New Delhi.
Progress achieved under the project so far includes capacity building and training through
MIS familiarization at state level, for respective state and district level officials, in all three
states; development of beta version of MIS package at RRSC-South; populating spatial and
non-spatial data for all the identified watersheds provided by the respective State Departments
of Agriculture in to the MIS package; organized two-day brainstorming workshop during
August 27-28, 2009 at RRSC-South for officials of state Agricultural departments involved in

the NWDPRA watershed development programme; deployment of the beta version of the MIS
package on RRSC-South server; procurement of satellite data and analysis corresponding to
pre-treatment and first mid-term treatment period for majority of the watersheds in consultation
with State Departments of Agriculture; holding of Status review meetings on December 20,
2011 at RFSD, MOA, New-Delhi & February 18, 2011 at RRSC-South, Bangalore; completion
of expert review of the package by agriculture experts from Watershed development
Department, Government of Karnataka and deployment of the MIS package on RRSC-South
server for evaluation of the package by stake holders of the three states.
A first mid-term evaluation report was submitted in the month of August, 2011 to the Ministry.
The report included the evaluation of all the treated watersheds in the 3 states based on the
progress of implementations on the ground in consultation with the state Govt. departments of
Agriculture.
Similarly, second mid-term evaluation report is compiled for all the watersheds assuming that
all the watersheds are taken up for implementation. In most of the watersheds, there is a
positive change in the land use with respect to agriculture activity, increase in water spread
area in the tanks, decrease in the culturable waste lands and marginal lands. The detailed
report on the watersheds, state wise is presented in the subsequent chapters along with the
field photos of developmental activities.

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PROJECT PERSONNEL
RRSC-WEST, JODHPUR

RRSC-SOUTH, BANGALORE

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

PROJECT SUPERVISION & GUIDANCE

Dr. S. Rama Subramoniam,

Shri Uday Raj

General Manager

Scientist/Engineer-SE
Co- Principal Investigator

PROJECT CO-ORDINATION

Dr. Manoj Joseph

Scientist/Engineer-SD

Dr. K S Ramesh
Scientist/Engineer-SG and Head (Applications)

Project Scientists

Mr. Vipul Sharma

Mr. Deepesh Kumar Jangid
Mr. Sumit Maheshwari
Mrs. Aakanksha Bhatnagar
Mr. Sovan Halder
Ms. Chilka Sharma

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Acknowledgement
The project team gratefully acknowledges Dr. V. K. Dadhwal, Director, NRSC, Hyderabad and
Dr. JR Sharma, Chief General Manager, Regional Centres, NRSC, Hyderabad, for their keen
interest, encouragement and guidance during the course of the project. Shri. P.G. Diwahar,
Deputy Director, RSA, NRSC and Former Head RRSC-South duly acknowledged for initiating
this project and providing continuous guidance.
The project team expresses their profound thanks to Secretary, MoA and Shri E K Majhi, Joint
Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture & Co-operation (RFSD), MoA, New Delhi and Shri R K Tiwari
and Shri B Rath, Deputy Commissioner, Dept. of Agriculture & Co-operation (RFS), MoA, New
Delhi. and other officers of RFSD, MoA, Govt. of India, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi for initiating
the project and providing continuous support and guidance during the project execution.
The project team sincerely acknowledges the Secretaries and Commissioners, Department of
Agriculture of Rajasthan for their excellent support and encouragement provided during the
entire project period. Thanks are also due to other concerned senior officers of Directorate
Watersheds and Soil Water Conservation, Government of Rajasthan for their co-ordination and
necessary support provided during the course of the project. The team expresses their sincere
thanks and gratitude to all the Watershed Directors and Engineers, administrative and field
officers of all the watersheds in state during field work and validation.
The project team also place on record the support extended by M/S Antrix corporation for
providing necessary logistic and HR support from time to time.
The project team sincerely acknowledges the support provided by scientific, technical and
administrative staff of RRSC-South and RRSC-West, during the project period.

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LIST OF NWDPRA WATERSHEDS PHASE III

Rajasthan
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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23
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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
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34
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36

Two times Midterm Monitoring

Devgaon Watershed, Jaipur District
Naysarana Watershed, Alwar District
Ran Watershed, Ajmer District
Satwari-I Watershed, Bharatpur District
One time Midterm Monitoring
Aroda-II Watershed, Sapotra P.S., Karauli District
Sherpur-B Watershed, Sunel P.S, Jhalawar District
Sherpur-A Watershed, Sunel P.S, Jhalawar District
Sangod Watershed, Sangod P.S., Kota District
Rajpura Watershed, Basedi P.S., Dhaulpur District
Pipalganj Watershed, Sagwara P.S., Dungarpur District
Karsai-I Watershed, Karauli P.S., Karauli District
Kalinjara-III Watershed, Bagidora P.S., Banswara District
Jhinjhwa-I Watershed, Bichhiwara P.S., Dungarpur District
Jagpura-II Watershed, Ghatol P.S., Banswara District
Chakeri-II Watershed, Sawai Madhopur District
Chakeri-I Watershed, Sawai Madhopur District
Bokara Watershed, Atru P.S., Baran District
Badan-IV Watershed, Baran District
Ugain-I Watershed, Bundi District
Balda-A Watershed, Sirohi District
Barkheda-I Watershed, Pratapgarh District
Bhadu-I Watershed, Bhilwara District
Chandrana-I Watershed, Dausa District
Chavandia Watershed, Bhilwara District
Dumariya-V Watershed, Bharatpur District
Jantai Watershed, Chittaurgarh District
Jatpur-II Watershed, Alwar District
Kalyanpur-I Watershed, Udaipur District
Khandel Watershed, Rajsamand District
Malipura-B Watershed, Sirohi District
Rashmi P.S., Chittaurgarh District
Pahari-IIi Watershed, Tonk District
Piplantri Watershed, Rajsamand District
Rayata Watershed, Chittaurgarh District
Sarada-Ie Watershed, Udaipur District
Solkhurd Watershed, Ajmer District

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Map showing the spatial distribution of watersheds in the state

36 watersheds spread across 20 districts

Average area of watersheds ~ 500 ha