Description : agricultural land in Angul-Talcher region of Orissa.The areas under forest cover and agricultural land have decreased from 38.67% to 27.96% and 42.14% to 28.92% over the study period (1973 – 2007) respectively. The water bodies have slightly decreased (0.07%) from 1973 to 2007. Mining areas have increased from 0.04% to 1.70% since 1973 to 2007. The areas under settlements/industries and barren land showed an increasing trend from 6.22% to 13.27% and 5.5% to 20.78% during the time period respectively.The present study revealed that mining and industrial activities were detrimental to the land use pattern. Thus, it is advisable that such activities have to be strictly regulated to avoid further damage and scientific mining has to be taken up in a proper manner to minimize the damage to the land use pattern.
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