Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project

considered as major crop: Jute (confirmed by local farmers), and other crops like mix Aus andAman for Kharif-II season.Fallow land –includes fallow bare land as well as fallow land with stubble and grass.Settlements – The settlements are mapped by on-screen digitization from another image i.e., theIRS panchromatic image of 2004 with a resolution of 6m x 6m. The settlement and homesteadvegetation class is recognized by trees that usually surround villages and are digitized as featureobjects which may include houses, ponds, gardens, etc., that are within the settlements. It wasfound that the settlement areas have reduced in 2009 from 1999 due to erosion in right bank ofthe River over the years.20. The distribution of major classes of land cover is shown in Table 3-3 and in Figure 3-7. Onan average, about 34% of the landuse in the Project area is agriculture; 29% is River; 17% is fallow orreed land, particularly in the Charland; 14% is homestead and homestead vegetation; and 4% is sand.21. Results of landuse survey along the left bank, right bank and Charland within the Projectarea, excluding the River portion, are given in Table 3-4. Agriculture is the major dominant landuse inthe Project area with 65% in left bank and 86% in right bank. Residential development on the leftbank is higher than the right bank. About 34% of the Charland is used for agriculture and 43% isfallow land. Only 3% of the Charland is used for housing and settlement.Table 3-4: Landuse Pattern in the Project AreasLanduse Type Left Bank – Right Bank - Charland (%)Mawa (%) Janjira (%)Agricultural 64.70 86.40 34.00Housing/Settlement 30.80 12.30 3.00Commercial 0.40 0.07 0.00Fallow 0.70 0.08 43.00Orchard/Plantation 0.18 0.36 0.00Water bodies 1.06 0.07 3.00Cultural Resources0.18 0.12 0.00(Community Property)Others 2.02 0.58Exposed Sand 17.00Total 100 100 100Source: Consultant Estimate, 2009.November 1999. Landsat TM Satellite image withground resolution of 30m x 30mFebruary 2005. IRS P6 LISS III Satellite image withground resolution of 24m x 24m3-8