Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 12: A daylong User Interactive Workshop on, ‘Application of Geo-informatics in Planning & Monitoring and Concept of Spatial Data Infrastructure’ was organized here today by the Directorate of Environment & Remote Sensing (DERS). The workshop was presided over by Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/Director DERS, Mr. Suresh Chugh.
Mr. Chugh while speaking on the occasion emphasized for generating sharing mechanism which could optimize utility of data for planning. He stressed for coordination among the line departments, so that data can be generated as a central repository and shared for common use in a standard format.
The workshop was also attended by Regional Director, department of Environment & Remote Sensing, Kashmir, Mr. Liaqat Ali Dar, Joint Director, Planning & Statistics, Mr. Tariq Ahmad Khan besides Chief Education Officers, Chief Planning Officers and officers from Wildlife Protection, Forest, Rural Development Departments, Srinagar Municipality and National Informatics and Planning Departments.
The technical sessions were conducted by Principal Investigator of the SSDI-JK Project, Mr. Humayun Rashid who gave a detailed PowerPoint presentation on Application of Geo informatics in planning and monitoring and concept of Spatial Data Infrastructure. Various speakers also deliberated on application of Geo-informatics & Spatial Data Infrastructure in Health Sector, Education Sector, Urban Development planning land use analysis and Forestry & Ecosystem Analysis.
Director, Economics & Statistics, Mr. B.R Lachotra also underlined the importance of Spatial Data Infrastructure in improving planning process in the State. |
