An Integrated Study of the Yamuna River Basin to Set Up a Reference Condition Using an Archival Data Set of the 20th Century by Geospatial Technology
The River Yamuna is one of the most prominent and sacred rivers of India. Due to the unaccounted discharge from many anthropogenic activities and industrialization in the basin, the deterioration of the river with respect to time is at its maximum. Periodical analysis is essential for remediation of the causes and the source. The study has been undertaken using GIS technology to understand the variations being taken place in the past decades. The transformation in the physical and geographical characteristics, during the years since 1980-81, of the Yamuna River Basin has been analyzed and converted into digital GIS domain in terms of maps and charts. The reference condition of the basin has been set up and utilized in order to identify the change in land use and land cover of the river premises around Delhi and its neighbouring states. The vegetation analysis with respect to climatic conditions and water quality deterioration has also been assessed in the present study.