The utility of Geographic Information System (GIS) was discussed in the water supply and sewerage project at the headquarters of Madhya Pradesh Urban Development, an undertaking of the Urban Development and Housing Department.
Speaking on the occasion, Engineer-in-Chief Deepak Ratnawat said that a model scheme should be prepared demonstrating the use of GIS. So that model can be implemented in other projects.
Chief Engineer Vijay Kumar Gupta said that all the GIS experts of the project management consultant firm should coordinate among themselves and work in this direction with team spirit.
Deputy Project Director Technical PC Jain said that the benefit of GIS is only when the entry of data is error-free. KK Srivastava, Team Leader of Project Management Consultant Firm, explained the working of GIS through a detailed presentation.Shri Srivastava also highlighted the utility of GIS in Grievance Redressal Management System. Project Officer Rishabh Chowdhary, PL Barangay, Asian Development Bank expert Karmaveer, PMC team leader Avinash Zutshi and Assistant Project Officer Sanjay Pandey were present in the discussion. Project managers of project units remained connected through virtual medium.