Organizational
Structure of department
List and addresses of area-wise
officers
Headquarters
1. Land Use Commissioner & Director
KSREC Vikas Bhavan – P.O.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695 033.
Phone No. + 91-0471-2302231, 2307830
Fax + 91-0471-2300624.
E-mail - alphonskj@hotmail.com
2. Deputy Director
3. Assistant Director (Soil Survey)
4. Assistant Director (Agriculture)
5. Assistant Director (Agriculture)
6. Soil Survey Assistant
7. Assistant Geologist
8. Specialist(Soil Science)
9. Specialist (Soil Conservation)
Regional
Office, Thrissur
1. Assistant Director
2. Soil Survey Officer
Address, telephone number fax etc,
of important authorities
1.
Land Use Commissioner & Director,
KSREC,
Vikas Bhavan P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala -695 033.
Phone No. + 91-0471-2302231, 2307830
Fax + 91-0471-2300624
e-mail - alphonskj@hotmail.com
2. Deputy Director
3. Assistant Director (Soil Survey)
4. Assistant Director (Agriculture)
5. Assistant Director (Agriculture)
6. Soil Survey Assistant
7. Assistant Geologist
8. Specialist(Soil Science)
9. Specialist (Soil Conservation)
10. Assistant Director, Regional Office,
Thrissur0487-365945
11. Soil Survey Officer, Regional Office,
Thrissur0487-365945
Details of Programs/Schemes/Services
PROJECTS
WITH DETAILS
LAND
USE BOARD
Centrally
Sponsored Schemes
1.
Study on the extent and causes of Land degradation in the
State. The study intents to identify the different parameters
that contribute to Land degradation in the State and spatially
delineate the same and to identify the causes of degradation
and suggest control/reclamation measures.
2. Mapping of Land Use systems of Pathanamthitta
town and environs for urban planning. The objective is to
map and monitor the urban sprawl, urban land use changes
and urban penetration in the adjoining seven panchayats
of Pathanamthitta municipality for creating data base for
urban planning using remote sensing and GIS.
3. A study for the identification of the
suitable band combination of IRS-P3 Satellite data for soil
separability and mapping in the southern region of the State.
The project aims in the possibility of using ideal band
combinations of IRS IC-P3 data and imageries of concerned
band combinations in separating the boundaries of various
soil associations taking into advantage of the reflectance
character of vegetation.
4. Effectiveness of command area irrigation
in the Neyyar river basin in Thiruvananthapuram district.
The project is drawn up with the objective of collecting,
compiling and presenting the information pertaining to a
sample irrigation command area for assessing its irrigation
potential and effectiveness. The study aims to estimate
the extent of area under paddy crop in Neyyar basin and
to study the extent of area completed by command area irrigation
project. The study can bring out suggestions and recommendations
for the better utilisation of the irrigation potential for
sustainable crop production.
5. Awareness/Seminars - The Kerala State
Land Use Board in collaboration with the National Land Use
and Conservation Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Government
of India observes a national resources conservation week
each year. In this connection Land Use Board conducts Photography
& Essay competition with the intention of awareness
among people on importance of conservation development and
management of natural resources like Soil, Water, Mineral
etc and the consequence environmental hazards it would lead
to if not properly conserved
State Sector Schemes
1.
Panchayat Resource Mapping (PRM) programme. This is essentially
a participatory programme which involves the mapping of
assets, land use and water resources of individual survey
plots by trained volunteers on cadastral scale. The generated
outputs in the form of maps and database are made available
to the Grama Panchayats to assist them in chalking out developmental
programmes in the present concept of decentralized planning.
The programme is targeted for the whole State as both in-house
programme and through the involvement of trained and competent
Non Governmental Organisations of the State. This was completed
in Thrissur and Palakkad districts and is progressing in
Ernakulam district. Administrative sanction is awaited for
Kannur district. Earlier CESS has completed the programme
in Kollam district.
2.
Agro-Ecological Zonation Project. The objective is to assess
the resource potential of the different agro-ecological
zones of the State and to evolve farm models for increasing
agricultural production for the whole State. This is completed
in Kollam district and progressing in Pathanamthitta and
Alappuzha districts.
3.
State Natural Resource Management System (SNRMS) –
SNRMS is a multi-disciplinary arrangement for co-ordinating,
guiding and planning the natural resource management in
the State. The activities of this group include preparing
a status report on various kinds of data relevant for SNRMS
which are now available with various departments and agencies
in the State, suggest their application to relevant user
department and agencies and enable them to utilize them
fully, identify, new types and forms of data which are available
within the country and outside relevant to NRMS and prioritize
and co-ordinate their procurement and use SNRMS would also
identify the training requirements and arranging training
programmes. The activities proposed during this year includes
publication of book on natural resources of Kerala and multi-tired
training and awareness programmes/workshops/seminars for
the administrators, planners and decision makers in State
departments, academicians, professionals and public.
4. Database for Integrated District Development
Plan for Thiruvananthapuram - The objective of the project
is to evolve a comprehensive database for the integrated
district development plan of the district. The spatial distribution
of basic resources connected with sustainable development
has been studied in this project. This was only a first
approximation study on 1:50,000 scale. The application of
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIs) has
been utilized in this study on a cost and time effective
basis. The thematic layers prepared in this project includes,
land use, soil, hydrogeomorphology, slope, administrative,
transport network, drainage and watershed and settlement.
The information on these different thematic layers can be
overlaid, synthesized and analyzed utilizing the capabilities
of GIs to provide the required details for regional planning.
Achievements & Success stories
of the Department
1.
Land use survey of Idukki district using remote sensing
techniques. The project was completed in 1981 with the objective
to evolve a land use Plan for the district for land use
planning and natural resource management for sustainable
development using panchromatic black and white and Colour
Infra Red (CIR) aerial photographs on 1:15,000 scale. The
study, carried out in collaboration with Space Application
Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, incidentally was the first of its
kind carried out in the State using remote sensing. Integrating
the generated thematic maps on land use, geomorphology,
structural maps, soil conservation priority map and optimum
land use map, a comprehensive Land use Plan for the district
was evolved on 1:15,000 scale for use of line departments
and user agencies.
2.
Nation wide Land use/land cover Mapping Project. Land use/land
cover mapping of the entire State was carried out by the
visual interpretation (1:250,000 scale) of IRS IA satellite
images. A district wise Land use/land cover map of the State
with 24 categories up to level II has been generated as
part of collaborative project of National Remote Sensing
Agency, Hyderabad (DOS) for agro-climate zone planning by
the Planning Commission of India.
3.
Identification and Mapping of Waste lands using Lands at
TM images of 1:50,000 scale. The waste lands of six critical
districts of Kasargod, Kannur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad,
and Idukki districts were mapped and classified based on
the categories developed by the National Waste Land Board
and has been spatially delineated village, wise by visual
interpretation of TM images on 1:50,000 scale.
4.
Integrated mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD). Under
the study, comprehensive assessment of the status of natural
resources like soil, hydrogeomorphology, surface and ground
water potential, agriculture, forest. Land use/land cover,
infrastructural assets and facilities, etc are done. Thematic
layers on the above were generated by visual interpretation
IRS satellite data of relevant dates coupled with ground
truth obtained through field cheeks based on the technical
guide lines supplied by NRSA. Later integration of the thematic
maps are done to arrive at location specific action plan
for the sustainable development of the study area. The reports
and maps were prepared on 1:50,000 scale. The study has
been completed for districts of Palakkad, Kasargod and watersheds
of Payaswini of Kasargod district and Thrikkulam of Malappuram
district in first phase and the reports and maps are published.
Study in Thrissur district and watersheds of Ranni in Pathanamthitta
district and Perambra in Kozhikode district has been completed
and reports and maps will be published shortly.
5.
A study was under taken by the Forest survey of India to
map the Forest cover of the country using satellite remote
sensing. The ground truth support of the project for the
State was done by the Land Use Board in collaboration with
the State Forest department.
6.
A pilot study was conducted in Bedadka and Munnad villages
of Kasargod district to map the different classes of waste
lands at micro level using 1:15,000 B/W aerial photographs.
7.
Satellite monitoring of Malampuzha Irrigation Command was
carried out to assess the progression of irrigation across
the command as well to assess the ayacut area and yield
forecast during Rabi season of 1993-94 as part of the NWMP.
8.
Coconut Crop Inventory of the districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam
and Idukki districts were done by interpretation of Satellite
images and CIR aerial photographs in collaboration with
Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad
9.
Mapping of the present Land Use Pattern of proposed command
of the Vamanapuram Irrigation was carried out using remote
sensing techniques and GIS.
10.
Waste land Mapping of eight districts of the State viz.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha,
Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Kozhikode was carried out by interpretation
of satellite images and final output brought in digital
format. The study was done in collaboration with NRSA, Hyderabad,
Earlier the remaining six districts were mapped and thus
the wasteland mapping of the whole State in 1:50,000 scale
is completed.
11.
Land Degradation (Land Slides) in Kerala. The objective
of the study was to provide a general understanding of the
land slide problem of the State and identify potential landslide
areas. The report of the study conducted in 1996 brought
out different case studies on land slides in the State,
land slide occurrence in the State and categorized the land
slide hazard risk zones of the State spatially at 1:250,000
scale.
12.
Study of the culturable waste lands, its magnitude and extent.
This was a sponsored project of Ministry of Agriculture,
Government of India with the objective to make realistic
assessment of the culturable wastelands of the State in
terms of its type, magnitude and extent and ascertain the
reasons for not cultivating the land. The report of the
study presented the extent of distribution of the classes
of culturable wasteland in each district giving factual
data for land use planning at micro-level.
13.
A Watershed Atlas of the forty four river basins of the
state on 1:50,000 scale was prepared and published which
would cater the needs of the line departments to have uniformity
watershed delineation when chalking out watershed management
and development programmes.
All
the project study reports mentioned above are widely accepted
by various technical organisations. Studies about the landslide
prone areas and the watershed atlas of the state is a unique
study, first of that kind in the Kerala context. The data
is of much use to the various organisations for the preparation
of perspective development plans on watershed basis. The
Land Use Board has more than 40 study reports and publications
to its credit.
Latest Government Orders.
1.
Panchayat Resource Mapping Programme
2. Service Charges for Scanning/Printing for using Engineering
Plan Printer
(Copies of the GO’s attached)
Frequently asked questions(FAQS)
and the reply offered by the departments
a.
Changes in land use
b. Various categories of land use
c. Distribution of wastelands
d. Application of remote sensing and GIs in natural resource
management
Other information, particular to the department
if any
Kerala
State Remote Sensing & Environment Centre is an autonomous
body of the Kerala State Land Use Board for carrying out
research studies and training programs in areas of application
Remote Sensing and GIs for natural resource development.
The department is having State of Art GIs and Remote Sensing
facilities.
Remote Sensing
1.
Hard copy and digital format of LISS III with 23.5 meter
resolution of entire state in 1.50 ,000 scale.
2. Satellite imagery in 1.250,000 scale(entire State)
3. PAN data (digital) of 5.8 meter resolution of selected
area in Thiruvananthapuram district.
4. Aerial Photographs and CIR in 1.15,000 scale of entire
State (1990 period)
5. Aerial Photographs in 1.6,000 scale of Kasargod, Kannur,
Thalassery, Vadakara, Malappuram, Manjeri, Kalpetta, Kozhikode.
6. Stereo scope and Optical Pantograph
7. ERDAS image processing software
8. ENVI image process software
GIs
1.
ARC GIs 8.2 (5 licences )
2. ARC info 7.2 (2 licences)
3. AutoCAD 2002.
4. Scanner - A0 & A4 Colour Scanner
5. Digitizer - A0 & A3.
6. Plotter -
A0 size - 2
A1 size - 2
7. Engineering Plan Printer with Enlargement/Reduction facilities
(25-400%)
Advisory/Consultancy
service for research students, line departments, NGO’s
and other external agencies in the field of natural resources
management. Act as a facilitator in formulating natural
resource management projects/programmes of various line
departments and research organsations in the State.
