Chandigarh, November 3 – While taking yet another pivotal step towards ensuring maximum use of information technology, the Haryana Chief Minister today directed the officers of Drone Imaging and Information Services of Haryana Limited (DRIISHYA) to do the work developing anti-drone technology. Apart from this, sensors should also be procured for mapping to be done up to 15 meters under the ground from drones, directed Sh. Manohar Lal.
Sh. Manohar Lal, who is also the Chairman, DRIISHYA said this while presiding over the third meeting of the Board of Directors of DRIISHYA held here today.
He directed the officers to complete the process of taking permission for flying drones from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India at the earliest. The services of experienced people associated with aviation should be taken by DRISHYA, said the Chief Minister.
Sh. Manohar Lal was apprised that DRIISHYA has done a successful survey of Khanak mines using a fixing wing drone (F-90) for volumetric analysis in the mining areas of Bhiwani district, Dadam and Khanak. Apart from this, the work of inspection of the Bahadurgarh – Daulatabad high tension power line, and survey work of a waterlogged area in 11.55 square kilometre area of 10 villages along Yamuna River in Karnal district has also been done. With this, large-scale mapping work has also been done in Sector 15-A and Sector 75 of the Faridabad and Rakhigadhi Heritage area of Hisar district.
The Chief Minister was apprised that apart from the revenue department, the use of drones should also be ensured in other departments like Urban Local Bodies, Power, Disaster Management, Mining, Forest, Traffic, Town and Country Planning, and Agriculture. This will help in mapping, land records, disaster management and emergency services, and development plans in urban areas.
Notably, Haryana is the first state to create a separate corporation to speed up the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) driven governance application.
The establishment of DRIISHYA marks a unique beginning in Haryana, as now with the help of drones the extension of the area can be traced as well as illegal encroachments can be controlled. Earlier manual surveys were conducted from time to time, which was time-consuming and costly as well as. These manual surveys also required more manpower.
Chief Secretary and Vice-Chairman, DRIISHYA Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. V.S Kundu, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director, DRIISHYA, Sh. V. Umashankar, Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, Sh. Vikas Gupta, CEO, Drone Imaging and Information Systems of Haryana Ltd. (DRIISHYA), Sh. T.L Satyaprakash and Vice-Chairman, DRIISHYA, Lt General Girish Kumar (Retd) also attended the meeting.