2. ISRO drones help to map disasters in north-east
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Answer:
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Explanation:
The Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) is using drones
to map disasters in north-eastern
States by collecting land details and
add it to data from remote sensing
satellites. In this regard, ISRO’s
Shillong-based North-Eastern Space
Applications Centre (NE-SAC) has
tested unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) to map various problems and disasters.
Key facts NE-SAC has taken the initiative for design and
assembling of UAVs for various applications to assess several
regional problems in the northeast region. UAVs can perform
efficient surveys for disaster-prone or physically inaccessible
areas. It can undertake quick damage assessment of floods,
landslides and earthquakes and enable timely relief measures.
These drones providing ground-based details which are
generally combined with data from ISRO’s remote sensing
satellites.
Recently they were used for to map the area affected
by landslides along NH40, Meghalaya’s life line. It also gave
the extent of damage caused to pest-infested paddy fields in
Naramari village of Assam.