Water Conservation Department (Government of Maharashtra)

Watershed prioritisation atlas for Maharashtra – A resource database by MRSAC on 1:2,50,000 scale using GIS technique

This document by the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre (MRSAC) presents the “Atlas on Watershed Prioritisation” using resources database on 1:2,50,000 scale adopting advanced techniques such as Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). This watershed prioritisation to plan the activities on priority basis and facilitate judicious utilization of the available financial resources was done for the Water Conservation Department (Government of Maharashtra), the nodal agency to service watershed development in the State.