ISRO expands satellite-based services, disaster monitoring across J&K: Centre

Ziraat Times News Desk

Srinagar, Aug 6: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has implemented a wide range of satellite-based applications and space technology programmes across Jammu & Kashmir over the past five years, covering disaster management, agriculture, water resources, urban planning, environmental monitoring and broadband connectivity, the Centre informed Parliament on Thursday.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Minister of State for Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, said 12 operational communication satellites currently provide coverage over Jammu & Kashmir, supporting telecommunication and broadband services through various service providers.

The minister said ISRO has launched several projects to strengthen disaster preparedness in the Union Territory. These include the Satellite Integrated Landslide Assessment and Alert System (SILAAS), which uses satellite data to map landslides and generate village-level alerts, and landslide inventory mapping covering all districts following the 2023 monsoon season.

Under the National Hydrology Project, ISRO has completed an inventory of glacial lakes in Jammu & Kashmir and prepared Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) hazard and risk maps for Mundiksar Lake in the Indus basin.

The space agency is also using geospatial technologies to monitor watershed development projects under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and the Watershed Development Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) 2.0 across all districts of Jammu & Kashmir.

As part of urban planning initiatives, water bodies have been mapped in Srinagar, Jammu and Anantnag under the Urban Waterbody Information System (UWaIS) project. Satellite-based mapping is also supporting planning and monitoring of MGNREGA works under the Geo-MGNREGA programme across all districts.

The Centre further informed Parliament that the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment project, implemented with the University of Jammu, has completed district-wise wetland mapping for the Union Territory. Another project carried out with the University of Kashmir assessed land degradation and desertification in Kathua, Budgam and Udhampur districts and prepared action plans for combating degradation at the micro-watershed level.

ISRO has also undertaken climate and ecosystem studies under the Long-Term Ecological Research Stations (LTERS) programme covering the North-West Himalaya, including Jammu & Kashmir. In addition, the Space-based Information Support for Decentralised Planning (SISDP-U) project has generated high-resolution thematic maps of land use, settlements, infrastructure and drainage for all districts.

According to the minister, annual satellite-based land use and land cover assessments have been carried out from 2021-22 to 2024-25, while a five-year assessment at a finer scale was completed for 2020-21.

The Centre said ISRO has sanctioned funding for multiple projects in Jammu & Kashmir, including Rs 2.20 crore for the SISDP-U project implemented by the Directorate of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing (DEERS), Rs 75.78 lakh for the ongoing Land Use/Land Cover project, and Rs 50.16 lakh for the SILAAS project being implemented by the University of Jammu. Additional support has been provided for watershed monitoring, wetland inventory and land degradation studies.

The minister said ISRO is currently working on an experimental landslide forecasting system covering all districts of Jammu & Kashmir under the SILAAS project. Officials from the Union Territory also participate regularly in ISRO’s training programmes on the National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM) and other disaster management applications.

Dr Singh also highlighted that the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science at the Central University of Jammu provides faculty members and research scholars access to ISRO facilities for education and research. Satellite-based tele-education is being delivered under the PM e-Vidya programme, while telemedicine services continue to operate in Jammu & Kashmir. He added that the GSAT-N2 High Throughput Satellite, launched in 2024, has further enhanced broadband connectivity across the Union Territory.

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