India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Government of India is using satellite and geospatial technologies to monitor glaciers, glacial lakes, snowfall, water resources and landslides in Ladakh. Details of the activities are given below:
Satellite-based projects undertaken in Ladakh during the last five years include:
ISRO/DOS is engaged in advanced R&D activities to strengthen space input-based early warning system for GLOF, extreme weather events, as well as landslides; the outcome from which would be beneficial for Ladakh also.
ISRO/DoS provides space-based information on floods, GLOF events and forest fires to the Ladakh UT during the response phase of major disasters. Under the Space-based Information Support for Decentralised Planning (SISDP), ISRO/DoS has mapped Land Use/Land Cover, Drainage, Settlements, Slope, and Rail & Road infrastructure at a 1:10,000 scale and hosted on the Bhuvan-Panchayat portal for developmental planning.
As part of capacity building towards expanding the use of space technology for sustainable development and disaster risk reduction, ISRO/DoS has been periodically conducting training programs, wherein participants from Ladakh have also benefitted.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's office and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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