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Fig. 86: Tribal region map
parcels were removed. This data was then overlaid on georeferenced Satellite Imagery of 2005 in the same program. The imagery used was Cartosat 1 from NRSA Hyderabad with a resolution of 2.5 meters and Google. Shapefiles of the GPS data were also given to the district authorities, who then sent them to the GEER foundation for independent verification.
Maps of about 19,000 land parcels belonging to about 12,000 claims from more than 200 villages in the Narmada district have been prepared so far with this method.
2022 onwards a new mobile-based system for carrying out GPS surveys of pending claims is being used in the remaining 13 tribal districts of Gujarat. This system uses ArcGIS mobile applications -Survey123 and Fieldmaps together for carrying out GPS surveys. Survey123 pulls basic claimant data from the preloaded lists and field maps help in creating the actual polygon of the land parcel. FRC surveyors and village youth have already surveyed about 33,000 parcels of 25,000 claimants with the help of this system. Independent verification of this data by the GEER Foundation is in progress.
Key Outputs
y GEER foundation has verified about 7500 claims of Narmada district and has recommended approval of 6800 (90%) of these claims. This is a big jump from the approval rate of 30% before this exercise. About 3000 claims are still pending verification. y Average area recommended for approval is also about 2 hectares per claim, which is double the average approval of 1 hectare per claim before this exercise. y Most of these claims have already been approved by the district authorities and the claimants have already received titles for their lands. y All 196 villages of Narmada district that had claimed Community Forest Rights over their forest resources have also received titles for these rights in the name of village Gram sabhas. These rights also include the right to protect, conserve, regenerate and manage forest resources for sustainable use. y These CFRs were claimed and approved for the total forest areas of the villages and as such there was no need for using geo-spatial technology for these claims.
