(The Gist of Kurukshetra) NMGC TO USE LATEST GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME-JANUARY -2018

NMGC TO USE LATEST GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

Ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation will now make optimal use of latest geo-spatial technologies to rejuvenate river Ganga. For this, National mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG), national remote sensing centre and survey of India will work in an integrated manner to take all steps to clean Ganga and execute it in a time-bound
manner.
National remote setting centre (NRSC), which is a part of Indian space research organisation (ISRO) has been supporting NMCG to use geospatial technology for water quality monitoring, hydrological monitoring and evaluation, geomorphologic monitoring and evaluation, bio-resources monitoring and evaluation, comprehensive geospatial database, develop mobile application for enabling community participation and to co-ordinate necessary linkages with other agencies. The support is aimed at achieving the objective of monitoring of pollution in rive Ganga. NMCG also strives to achieve GIS mapping of the entire Ganga river basin for effective execution and decision-making.

Some of the tasks enlisted by NRSC as part of support of NMCG are generation of comprehensive GIS database, water quality assessment using satellite data of main Ganga from Kannauj to Varanasi, real time water equality data visualization, high quality multispectral satellite image, aerial topographical survey, urban sprawl change mapping, non-point source pollution assessment etc. A holistic approach is being adopted by NMCG to keep river Ganga clean pollution assessment etc. A holistic approach is being adopted by NMCG to
keep river Ganga clean by identifying five km. stretches from the edge of the bank/ flood plain to the nearest main road for a comprehensive planning approach.

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