The Hindu 05.02.2014
Dindigul municipality maps out its development schemes
Preparation of base map, property and utility map using
Geo Spatial Techniques, the first of its kind in the State, commenced in
Dindigul municipality. Through this process, the municipality is all
set to chalk out its future plans and development schemes.
Launching
the project here on Tuesday, Dindigul Municipal Chairman V. Marudha Raj
said door-to-door survey would be undertaken to create a data base for
the convenience of officials to chalk out future development plans.
Details of all buildings, including commercial buildings, houses, water
bodies, hotels, lodges, water streams, drinking water pumping stations,
schools and colleges, in all the 48 wards would be digitised in the
satellite image. At present, satellite image of Dindigul municipality
did not have specific details of buildings.
Information
like drinking water connection, EB connection, number of shops or
houses in each building or apartments would also be tagged in the map,
he said.
Survey of utilities like street lights, dust
bins and underground drainage channels in every street and lane in
Dindigul municipality would be tagged in the satellite images to enable
municipal officials in Chennai and Dindigul to view it on the computer
screen, he added.
A total of 60 field survey staff
would do physical verification to collect the data and students of Geo
Informatics from Gandhigram Rural Institute, Mysore University and
Barathidasan University would create a data base and do the mapping
work, said P. Nandha Kishore, consultant of the project. The State
government had given approval to prepare a base map for 12 urban local
bodies — Salem, Vellore, Erode, Tuticorin, Dindigul, Virudhunagar,
Sivaganga, Udhagamandalam, Tambaram, Krishnagiri, Pudukkottai and
Namakkal.
A sum of Rs.6.4 crore had been sanctioned
for this project. The State government had received funds in the form of
credit from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for
preparing the map, municipal officials said.