Report on Integrated Regional Environmental Plan for Ganjam District 2041

Integrated Regional Environmental Plan of Ganjam District 2041

sq.km. demarcated forest is 143.54 sq.km., un-classified forest is 0.86 sq.km. and undemarcated protected forest area is 1167.36 sq.km.

Figure 3.19 Typed of Forests in Ganjam District, 2018 Source Spatial land use plan of Ganjam district, Odisha, 2018

3.3.4 Natural Hazards In context of disaster, Ganjam is a disaster prone district of Orissa. Ganjam District lies on the coastline of Bay of Bengal. Major disasters that affect the district are: Flood, Drought, Cyclone, Heat Wave and Lightning.The seaside villages are vulnerable to sea surge & Tsunami. The thatched houses in rural areas are susceptible to fire accident. Losses due to local whirlwind, erratic rain and deaths due to Drowning & Snakebite are the ones occurring all over the district. Crop loss due to erratic and uneven distribution of rainfall is continuous threat. A large section of farmers growing non-paddy crops like sugarcane, maize, vegetables, pulses are dependent upon timely rainfall without which they become vulnerable to drought and crop loss. 3.3.4.1 Cyclone Being close to the sea and under the impact of low pressure/depression in the Bay of Bengal, traditionally this district has been facing Cyclones at regular intervals. The cyclones occurred

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Report on Integrated Regional Environmental Plan for Ganjam District 2041

Published on May 6, 2022

Ar. Deena Hari Krishna P

Compiled report for entire studio works. The students of the final year of the “Masters in Environmental Planning and Management (MEPM)” at the Department of Planning at SPA Vijayawada has taken up a planning studio project that is aimed at applying environmental planning approaches and techniques in the traditional regional planning process. While undertaking core regional planning exercises for the development of a region, particular emphasis and inclusion of natural resource baselines, assessment of environmental status, and impacts of anthropogenic activities on environment has been the motive. The outcome of the work of the MEPM batch has been titled as “Integrated Regional Environmental Plan for Ganjam District 2041”.

Report on Integrated Regional Environmental Plan for Ganjam District 2041

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Figure 12.3: Existing Collectorate Structure

Figure 12.2: Existing Governance Structure and Points of Contact

Figure 12.1: Sectoral Objectives and Methodology

Figure 10.9 : Temporary Housing Structures in Ganjam District

Figure 9.10: Gopalpur port structure

Figure 9.9: Fisherman Vulnerability map

Figure 8.8 Growth rate analysis of fresh water fish production

Figure 8.4 Percentage area of each type of block in different blocks

Figure 8.2 Population Involved under Agriculture

Figure 7.13 Issue and Potentials in Ganjam district

Figure 7.11 Block wise ground water availability

Figure 7.12 Ground water quality index map

Figure 7.7 Stream Order map

Figure 5.15: Scalogram Representation of Settlement Hierarchy

Figure 5.14: Existing Healthcare Map of Ganjam

Figure 7.1 Block wise Rainfall (Average monthly

Figure 5.12: Third order settlement

Figure 5.11: Second order settlement

Figure 5.10: First order settlement

Figure 5.9: Existing Settlement hierarchy map

Figure 5.2: Urban Settlement Map

Figure 5.1: Administration

Figure 3.19 Typed of Forests in Ganjam District, 2018

Figure 3.5 Average Annual Temperature and Precipitation of Ganjam District

Figure 3.4: District Planning Board

Figure 3.2: District Profile

Figure 3.18 Water Bodies in Ganjam District, 2018

Figure 3.3: Administrative Setup map

Figure 2.11 Location map

Figure 2.1 Approach towards the Regional Plan

Figure 2.9 Planning framework of Regional Plan

Figure 2.3 Methodology followed for the preparation of Regional plan

Figure 2.6 Map showing Investment regions

Figure 2.10 Organizational set up for preparation of IDDP and LDP

Figure 2.2 Final Regional Plan of goa – 2021

Figure 2.4 Identification of Thrust of Each Sub region Figure 2.5 Comparison of Proposed Urban Settlements (2011) with urbanization rate in Coimbatore31