Hyderabad: The high-resolution satellite images from National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) can greatly help in gathering information on encroachments on water bodies, govt properties, parks, roads and nalas, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath said on Tuesday.
The HYDRAA chief visited NRSC office in Balanagar on Tuesday . He said that HYDRAA, having already gathered data from Survey of India, Survey of Telangana and rural maps, will obtain more precise information through NRSC satellite images.
He said that HYDRAA would identify full tank level (FTL) and buffer zones of water bodies using satellite imagery based on recorded high rainfall data spanning from 1973 to 2024.
The commissioner also requested NRSC to participate in water body conservation efforts.
