Monitoring of bank line erosion of River Ganga, Maida District, and West Bengal: Using RS and GIS compiled with statistical techniques

The creation of regional imbalance, inequalities and differentiation in India, starts with the physiographic element and ends with economic, and socio-cultural parameters of the inhabitants/population. An attempt has been made to analyze and report the river bank erosion due to morphometric changes of the river Ganga,MaIda district making thus portion a high risk zone. For that physical process namely river bank erosion may affect the economic and socio-cultural aspects and creates drastic change over the period. Continuous monitoring and maintenance of these flood induced river bank management are necessary for the beneficial result. The distressed people demand a holistic and positive approach to tackle the problem.