GUWAHATI: Assam to sign an MoU with North East Satellite Application Centre (NESAC) for use of its satellite data and images in the state’s development.
Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We had a meeting with NESAC and it was decided to prepare an action plan for the use of satellite data in various fields which will include flood and erosion images, land encroachment in border areas, outbreak of malaria and Japanese Encephalities among others.”
“We will soon sign a MoU with NESAC to map Assam’s development journey in a scientific form with the help of satellite images,” the chief minister added.