• Piya Bhattacharjee
• Debasish Das
• Debobrata Sarddar

A change in land use and land cover has got tremendous impact on environment. Some anthropogenic activities have altered the land use land cover. Some man made engineering construction like reservoir ,irrigation canal, dam capable for changing of a land use land cover of an area. In case of agricultural land use change, the reservoir and irrigation canals are playing an crucial role in the study area. The present investigation has got some specific objectives like i) to detect the land use land cover changes after construction of the reservoir and irrigation canal especially in the case of agricultural practice and ii) to detect and delineate new land use pattern. Interpretation of satellite imageries were used for the present investigation. It has been observed that the major changes occurred in case of agricultural land use, settlement pattern, social forestry and natural vegetation. In this back drop, the present investigation has been carried out in the upper catchment area of Kumar river basin Purulia West Bengal Eastern India. The main purpose of the reservoir and irrigation canals is to provide adequate water to the agricultural fields. These are made for multiple cropping purpose. At the same times, these are responsible for displacement of settlement and inundation of agricultural land. Ground water condition of the upper and lower catchment area have also been changed. After construction of the reservoir and irrigation canals, the soil moisture condition is also being changed as a result the natural vegetation which has become more lively and the agricultural production has been increased in the study area.

Ground water, Change in land use, Land Cover

"An Appraisal Of Land And Water Conditon In The Downstream Area Of The Kumari Reservoir: A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.j140-j148, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205A23.pdf

"An Appraisal Of Land And Water Conditon In The Downstream Area Of The Kumari Reservoir: A Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppj140-j148, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205A23.pdf