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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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Subject: Soil Science and Water Management × Author: MAL, NIKUNJ. × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2018 × Type: Thesis ×
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    IDENTIFICATION OF GROUND WATER RECHARGE POTENTIAL ZONE OF MANN RIVER BASIN USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING.
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2019-09-26) MAL, NIKUNJ.; Gharde, Dr. K. D.
    Ground water plays an important role in the overall development of any area. The ground water of India has been decreasing with a significant rate since last decade. Hence, the present scenario of ground water development calls for an urgent step for augmenting ground water resources. The remote sensing and GIS is one of the most advance tools for studying groundwater recharge potential of the particular area of interest. Hence, keeping ground water development by artificial recharge In mind, the present study has been taken up with objective of investigation to find out the morphometric properties and probable recharge perceptive zones of Mann river basin of Maharashtra state. In the present study; the factors like geology (lithology), soil texture, drainage density, slope and land use land cover have been used along with Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to determine the morphometric properties and to prepare the ground water recharge potential zone map. The total catchment area of the basin was found out to be 2424.43 sq. km with a perimeter of 345.41 km. The Mann river was found to be a 5th order stream having a total number of 660 streams. The mean stream length of 1st to 5th order streams were 1.3 km, 1.46 km, 6.67 km, 26.52 km and 72.07 km respectively. The stream length ratio of the basin varies from 0.39 to 0.75. The value of bifurcation ratio of the basin varies from 3.04 to 7. The length of overland flow was found to be 0.41 km. The stream frequency and drainage density of the basin was found to be 0.27 number per km2 and 0.82 km/km2 respectively. The texture ratio of the basin was found to be 1.91 and form factor was found to be 0.20. The circulatory ratio and elongation ratio of the basin were found to be 0.26 and 0.51 respectively. The total relief of the basin was found to be 400 m and the relief ratio was found to be 3.64. The ruggedness number of the basin was found to be 0.328. The final ground water recharge potential map was prepared by overlaying five thematic maps namely, geology, slope, LULC, drainage density and soil map using weighted index method. The map was divided into four categories i.e. low, moderate, high and very high potential zones. The area under low groundwater recharge potential is found to be nearly 103.8774 sq. km. The area under moderate groundwater recharge potential was found to be 1855.96 sq. km. and under high recharge potential was 540.871 sq. km. The area under very high recharge potential zone was found to be only 15.59 sq. km.