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09/07/22 07:20 AM IST

PARIMAN

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  • National Capital Region (NCR) is presently spread over 55,083 Sq. Kms and has four participating states (24 Districts and entire NCT of Delhi) as its constituent area.
  • For the purpose of effective utilization of Remote Sensing and GIS technology, a web geo-portal has been developed through National Informatics Centre (NIC), initially for use by NCR Participating states and the Office of NCRPB.
Features
  • This Geo-Portal will help to improve decentralized planning and management in NCR region.
  • The Portal consists of around 179 Layers presented as Line, Point & Polygon feature covering details of various sectors like Land Use, Transport, Industries, Water, Power, Health, Shelter, Heritage & Tourism, Disaster Management, etc.
  • Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’ was launched on 2021 in the 40th meeting of the Board by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Chairman, NCRPB and Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs.
  • The Geo-Portal can be accessed though the NCRPB website https://ncrpb.nic.in/  and also through the weblink https://ncrpbgis.nic.in/
Source- PIB 

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