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area. Natural regeneration of forest species in the moderately 
dense forest and afforestation in degraded forest and thin 
forest areas should be taken up to reduce the runoff and soil 
erosion from summits/ plateau and escarpments. The 
drainline treatment viz. gully plugging, check dams, 
spillways and other suitable engineering structures are 
necessary to conserve rain water. The foot slope and alluvial 
plains which are mostly under cultivation, hence field 
treatments such as vegetative bunds, strip cropping mulching 
and ploughing across the slopes are suggested. Green 
manuring and and FYM should be encouraged to increase the 
production of these soils. Climatically adopted fast growing 
tree species should be planted on wastelands with or without 
scrub lands to check the soil erosion. 
4. CONCLUSIONS 
From this study, it can be concluded that (i) Interpretation of 
multispectral IRS-1C LISS-III supported by adequate field 
checks is helpful for faster mapping and monitoring of 
natural resources and (ii) Geographical Information System 
(GIS) is a useful tool for storage and retrieval and integration 
of spatial data for deriving information for soil erosion 
assessment. 
5. ACNOWLEDGEMENTS 
Authors are grateful to the Director, National Bureau of Soil 
Survey & Land Use Planning, Nagpur for providing 
necessary facilities. 
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Based on soil characteristics, physiography, land use/ land 
cover and soil erosion class, different vegetative and drainline 
treatments were suggested for soil and water conservation in 
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