Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Nitesh Thakur, JC Sharma, Dinesh Kumar and Rajeev Dhiman

Abstract:
The study entitled “Impact of watershed initiatives on soil properties of selected micro-watersheds in Nalagarh Block of District Solan of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted to evaluate integrated watershed management programme (IWMP-II) covering an area of 6947 ha in Nalagarh Block of Solan District of Himachal Pradesh. Three micro-watersheds namely Badhokhari (1A2A2O2c), Baila (1A2A2O2b) and Matuli (1A2A2O1c) of Kawaj Khad sub-catchment with an area of 2276 ha were randomly selected from six micro-watersheds of IWMP-II to assess the impact of watershed interventions after one year completion of project on fertility status. Soils in the micro-watersheds were slightly acidic to slightly alkaline in reaction, low to medium in OC, low in available N, high in available P and medium in available K. The nutrient index of OC was medium (<1.88) and that of available N, P and K was found to be in low (1), high (3) and medium (2) categories, respectively. The present study is helpful in ecological, biological, socio economic aspects of the area.