Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday said the State Government would make best use of space technologies in the development planning and to translate e-governance into Geospatial governance (g-governance) in the State.
Addressing participants during wrap up session of a State-level workshop on Utilisation of Space Technologies in the Developmental Planning of Haryana organised by Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC) and Science and Technology Department here, he exhorted the officers of the State Government, to take the call to adopt geo spatial governance for the development of the state.
He asked them to form a team of young technical experts in their departments to implement the space technology. He also directed Principal Secretary Science and Technology Department Sumita Misra to start training programme for the same.
The Chief Minister urged the Deputy Director NRSC, ISRO Dr. P.G. Diwakar that new technology should be used so that real type data could be made available to the State Government on low cost. He said that State Government is preparing drafts of FOODNET, State Resident Data Base, National land Records Modernisation Programme (NlRMP) etc where space technologies would be used in the developmental planning of the State.
He said that State Government would also urge the Union Government to release funds liberally for implementation of such programmes in the State.
Manohar lal also released Reports on land Use and land Cover Monitoring of Haryana, Sustainable land use Plan of Jhajjar district, Digital mapping of Haryana and Demarcation of Forest Boundaries of HARSAC on this occasion.
Speaking on this occasion, Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi said that Chief Minister Manohar lal is laying great stress on integration of various data basis so as to have a comprehensive data base. He assured that all concerned departments would make best use of g-governance so that benefit could reach to common people.
Principal Secretary Science and Technology Department Sumita Misra said that Hayana is the first State which has organised such a workshop after the national workshop held at New Delhi on September 7. The workshop was aimed at sensitizing the State Government departments regarding the use of space technologies in the development planning, she added.