National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO’s Post

India’s built-up area has steadily increased over the past 17 years from 2005-06 to 2022-23, expanding by almost 2.5 million hectares, shows the new assessment released by the National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO. During this period, around 35 per cent of built up area has been added, with an average increase of around 2.4 per cent annually from land cover, which include wasteland and agricultural land cover. The report indicates that a considerable proportion of the increase of built-up areas can be attributed to the diversion of agricultural land covers.  A substantial percentage of built-up area expansion originated from agricultural land covers, which includes 6.3 per cent of double / triple / annual crop, 5.3 per cent of kharif crop, 3.1 per cent of rabi crop, 2.9 per cent of plantation and 5.8 per cent of fallow land, the report said. Read more https://lnkd.in/gM4WxFtS