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WASTE-
2. S a l t a f f e c t e d land. 2 . Snow-covered o r g l a c i a l
area.
3. G u l l l e d or ravlnous
land.
4. water-logged o r marshy
land.
5. mum o r f o r e s t blanks.
6 . Sandy area ( c o a s t a l or
desert).
Cultivable waatelands are those lands whkh have
the capacity and potential f o r development of variowr
vegetal covers, and can be^ developed by adopt- suitable
land and water-dedlopnent and managemant practicer.
This category L further sub-divltled into six types
depending upon the physical condition of the land, land
cover, material and potential for theit reclamtion,
New Delhi haa said t h a t "these lands lying waste are normally
found on rolling topography and plateau which have h e n
subjected t o heavy grazing or indiscrimhate felling of trees".
2 . BARREN HILLdIDOES WITH ibDCK OUTCROPS
T a b l e 4.2 shows t h a t t h e t o t a l w a s t e l a n d ln t h e b a s i n
h a s increased d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d from 1971 t o 1991, It vat#
16.06% i n 1970-71, it became 2036 in 1980-81 and increased
further t o 22% in 1990-91. The p e r c e n t a g e growth of t h b
l a n d a l s o h a s i n e r e s e e d from 24% t o 37%, over a period of
y e a r s , though t h e r e was a l i t t l e d e c r e a s e In t h e intet-
vening y e a r s . ~t had d e c r e a s e d t o 11%from 24% in 1981.
L a t e r on it increased tremendously. A l l the three t y p e s
of wasteland of the area have also increased b@tween
1970-71 and 1990-91. O f them, however, wasteland T-I
h a s increased more (40.2%) t h a n t h e o t h e t two t y p e s . TypbIl
Tlrupatl ~ i r u p a t i Chandra- Ren!- Yerpdu srikala- Thottan- KVB BN Kan- KamM- Vada- Basin %of t o t a l
Years
(urban) ( ~ u r a l ) g i r l gunta hasti bedu Puram drlqa pall1 mala- Total wasteland t o
Pt the t o t a l
--.--------------------------------.-.*-.---m----*---------.-----------------------------.-------.---------
eoqraoh
!-- --.-La-- area
-.-_----.--_-..__..*----.--------------------&-----------*---*.
Note : Ftgures In brackets irdfcate penentaps to t o t a l wasteland lo the &sin
TABLE -42
8
TYPE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF WASTELANDS IN THE BASIN DURIffi 1971, 1981 and 1991
-___--_____________-------------------------------------*----------------------.----------------.--
% to total % to total I t o total % growth % growth % growth
Type of geqraphi- geoqraphi- geographi- from 1970- from 1980- from 1970-
S.NO.
wasteland cal area of c a l area of c a l area of 71 t o 81 to 71 t o
the hsln the basin the basin 1980-81 1990-91 1990-91
1970-71 1980-81 1990-91
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1, T-I 14 18 20 26 12 40,2
Total waste-
land
l i t t l e (3.2%).
malpet mandala.
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~.NO. ~ a r of
e the nandal T o t a l area T-I T-11 T-111 Total wasteland
2. ~ h p a t (Rural)
i
3. Chandraglrl
4. Renigunta
5. Yerpedu
6. Srlkalahasti
7. Thottambedu
8. K-V.B. Puram
9. B.N. Xandriqa
(40.75) (3.70) (1.05) (468%)
10. Kmmapalli 9163'6 3733.134 339,44 169.72 4243
11. vadanalpet 18913.2 (19,71) (1.61) (0.80) (20.12)
3349.3 304.5 152.24 3806
Total 257997.2 ibei7.28 %,l-_:e6&-----4fi(jL
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--,,,----------------------- iL..----
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TABLE 4,4
TIPE-WISE AND MANDAL-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF WASTELANDS WRIK 1980-81 (in hectares)
..........................................................................................................
~.NO. Name of the Mandal Total area T-I T-I1 T-I11 Total wasteland
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1. Tirupatl (Urban) 12642.4 3071.3(24.3) 248.?(2.0) 127.5(1,01) 3447(27.35)
--------------*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEGEND
N
(in hectares)
.,..., BELOW 103
100 - 200 !
2, - 300
ABOVt 300
RESERKD FOREST
-
0 20 Km
TABLE - 4.6
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~ . N O . NWof the ~ a n d a l T-I T-I1 T-111 ~ o t a wasteland
l
-------.-----------..-----------------.
Tkupatl (Urban)
Tirupati (Rural)
Chandrag ir i
Ren$junta
Yerpedu
srlkalahasti
Thattambedu
K.VeBe Purarn
B.N. Kandriga
Kammapal 1i
V8damalpet
Total
But, during 1980-81 t o 1990-91, t h e Yerpsdu, S r i -
them f o r huge prof its. And hence they have been l e f t un-
c u l t i v a t e d f o r many years
PERCENTAGE GDKM 09 WASTELANDS ( 1 9 W 1 to 1990-91)
-----------------------------------
S O N ~ , Name of the Handal T-I T-11 T-I11 Total wasteland
--.)--------------------------------
Tirupati (Urban)
Tintpati (Rural)
Chandrag lri
Renigunta
Y erpedu
srikalahasti
Thottambedu
K.V.B. Puram
B .N , Kandr iga
Kampalll
vadamalpet
Total
TABLE - 4.8
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InBexr Low concentration a L 1.0
wdium concentration I 1.0 - 1.5
~ i g hconcentration I 1.5 - 2.0
very ~ i g hconcentration : 3 2.0
FIG. L.7
A8 pointad o u t already, the t o t a l wasteland a r e a ln
the ha8 incma~d f w 41,020 h0~t-8 ( 16 .WX) in
1970-71 t o 56,222 hrrctlrns (22 .OK) h 1990-91. It maw
that during the above period, thn, were no worth mentioning
d O v e l o p n t a 1 e o t i v i t l r in this area regarding tk. waste-
lands. Therefor* n a t u r a l l y concentration of wastelands
increased over t h e years. However i n t h e T i r u p a t i (Rural)
and K a m a g e l l i nandals tiw degree of concentration L obser-
ved t o h v e docraaaed from very hltyh t o high during these
years, and in t h e c h a n d r a g i r i and Vdamslpet 1~andal8 it $8
After a n a l y s l n g t h e d i a t r l b u t l o n a d concentration of
v a s t s l a n d e in t h e b a s h , it ia necessary to Maw the S l a p .
of t h e s e atsaa m i c h w i l l help i n g e t t i n g water for tho
fbld6 fr a n d if f e r e n c sourceo by gcavity .
a P B MALYSTS OF THE BAS-
meters.