Chandigarh: Haryana is among five states
selected for the implementation of a project designed by the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for carrying out
developmental activities through local bodies.
The major Remote Sensing and GIS Application project
entitled 'Space Based Information Support for Decentralized
Planning (SIS-DP)" of ISRO will be implemented in Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Kerala and West Bengal as well.
Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC),
Hyderabad V Jayaraman told a meeting of state government
officials that the project would provide ICT-enabled
geo-spatial platform involving local bodies to carry out
developmental activities in a decentralised, speedy and
transparent manner.
The project aims at harnessing space technology and
information systems at local bodies to create information base
and provide services.
The project would be executed and supported by Haryana
Space Application Centre.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 25, 2010, 19:50