The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Because of a GIS work, Culver City, California has up-to-date printed citywide sewer GIS map book and online sewer access system to share data with public.
Lisa Wolfe, a veterinarian at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, fed and monitored Rascal on Monday as he walked on the treadmill. And in the same way that the smartphone changed human communications, what might be called the “smart collar” — measuring things that people never could before about how animals …
New Delhi The country’s premier agri-research body ICAR is working on a scheme to increase agricultural productivity by providing exact information to farmers on the type of crops they should grow, fertiliser and water requirements through the use of GPS technology. Under the project, ICAR has collected global positioning system …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is working on a scheme to increase agricultural productivity by providing exact information to farmers on the type of crops they should grow, fertiliser and water requirements through the use of GPS technology. Under the project, ICAR has collected global positioning system (GPS)-based soil …
A detailed national inventory of wetlands has been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery by ISRO, highlighting the areas of critical ecological significance and those which are facing extreme threat due to developmental activities. This is for the first time in India that the city-based Space Application Centre (SAC), …
The proposed Western Ghats Natural Heritage Conservation Authority (WGNHCA) will likely strengthen the management of the serial sites nominated for the Unesco's World Heritage List. The country has been campaigning for the status for 39 sites of the Ghats and the Paris session of the World Heritage Committee that began …
New Delhi In what could ease availability of land for industrial projects, a high-level government panel has recommended that all land held by the Centre should be inventoried with location mapping so that unused land could be easily identified and put up for sale to corporates under a public-private-partnership (PPP) …
Joint venture private firm engaged through signing of contract To study the present status of its water supply system and suggest augmentation and upgradation work to be undertaken, the New Delhi Municipal Council has engaged a joint venture private firm through signing of a contract on Thursday. The contract agreement …
This compendium published by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and CISCO presents selective cases on the use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India.
A crucial agreement for the mapping and monitoring of Murree Forests Division (MFD), highlighting encroachments on forest land, was signed between the Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for Nature
THE Delhi government plans to set up a Waterbodies Authority for proper restoration and maintenance of lakes and wetlands in the city. The proposal to bring all waterbodies under one umbrella came up at a recent review meeting of waterbodies’ restoration work. Currently, lakes and wetlands in Delhi are under …
Better patrolling, prevention measures, growing awareness and rain cited as reasons CHENNAI: There has been a considerable decrease in the number of forest fires in the State this season. A.S. Balanathan, Head of Forest Force and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Tamil Nadu, told The Hindu that last year, 180 …
Sub-watersheds in border areas not to be covered With the Survey of India (SoI) and the Ministry of Defence reluctant to grant permission for the digitisation of restricted maps, the Forest Department has decided to go ahead with the finalisation of integrated catchment area treatment plan for the Sutlej basin …
Taking part in relief and rehabilitation work in flood-hit areas, FACES Pakistan - a non-profit and non-governmental organisation - has handed over 10 modern houses to affected families in tehsil Kandhkot of district Kashmor, officials of the organisation announced here on Sunday. During a briefing at the FACES head office …
If one goes by the Master Plan proposals of the HMDA, by 2031 Hyderabad will be the second-largest city according to area. In the forthcoming Master Plan, replete with a Geographical Information System, the city
The objectives of this scheme are: To develop urban infrastructure facilities such as transport, drinking water, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management etc. at satellite towns / counter magnets around million plus urban agglomeration (UAs) covered under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and to channelize their future growth …
Manpower to battle bushfire. This summer, the state is going to depend on traditional methods to fight forest fires after its brush with the geographic information system (GIS) last year failed to yield the desired results. Among the customary methods the forest department is set to adopt this summer is …
This national wetland atlas prepared by SAC, Ahmedabad as a part of the project on National Wetland Inventory & Assessment presents wetland status of each State/Union Territory through text, statistical tables, satellite images,maps and ground photographs. This publication deals with the updated database and status of wetlands, compiled in Atlas …
The objectives of this study are: To assess the cumulative impact of commissioned, under construction and proposed hydro power projects in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basins; To estimate the extent to which hydropower potential identified in the basins should be developed without risking stability of landforms and environment; and Restrictions, if …
Crop yield estimation has an important role on economy development and its accuracy and speed influence yield price and helps in deciding the excess or deficit production conditions. The water productivity evaluates the irrigation command through water use efficiency (WUE).
