Photogeotechnical study as resource management

Comprehensive, reliable and uptodate information on natural resources is a pre-requsite for undertaking planned development activities. A knowledge of the present potential resources is esential for formulating and executing effective management strategies for their proper utilisation as the resources are inter dependent and not inexhaustible. Geological and gemorphological mapping are the basic tools not only for search of minerals but also in geotechnical investigations and geologic hazards mapping etc. Romote sensing technique is best suited for inaccessible and hostile terrain study. It ranks very high among others due to its inbuilt and inherent capability of large area coverage and speed for exploring resources and contents within the earth. It suitably overcomes the drawback of uneconomical conventional surveying method and also the handicap of satellite imagery its lack of resolution and stereoscopy. In the present work, an attempt has been made to study an area covering 14.35 sq Km with a view to evolve its geological, geomorphic expressions and explore resource potential by using aerial photographic interpretations. There is plenty of scope to develop photo interpretation technique as a rapid method in exploitation of resource potential and its management.