Gurgaon: During a visit to the Office of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Friday, Union Minister Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, appreciated the use of GIS technology for the study of groundwater availability by GMDA and said that by using this, Heliborne survey for aquifer mapping resolution Height will be used in Haryana and Rajasthan for the first time in this country.
This will be completed within one year.
He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti and MPs from Ambala (Haryana) Ratan Lal Kataria during his visit to the GMDA Division on Friday.
They interact with authority officials and take stock of GIS technology potential in managing water resources.
The ministers see a presentation on how advanced GIS technology is being used in GMDA to monitor various ongoing projects.
He praised the efforts entered by the GIS Division from GMDA in creating component data throughout the state available such as ground water, surface water, drainage, ponds etc.
which will be useful for ‘National Water Informatics Center’ (NWIC), an organization Made by an organization of the Union Government is similar to the National Informatics Center (NIC).
“GIS can provide a platform for all stakeholders working in the water sector and their coordinated efforts will prove to be useful for the nation,” said Shekhawat.
In the line of ‘One Map of Gurugram Portal’, Shekhawat states that ‘one map portal’ must be made at the national level too and request GMDA officials to provide assistance in creating the same.