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Survey of India team and officials of A.P. and Karnataka take part in the exercise
A team of Survey of India led by Superintendent Surveyor Prem Kumar, along with the officials of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments, resumed the survey work for demarcation of the inter-State border in the Ballari Reserve Forest.
The demarcation exercise in this region rich in iron ore mineral wealth assumes significance. The Survey of India team and the officials of both the States began the survey and demarcation of 76 border stones in the first week of December last year as per a Supreme Court directive, but it was stalled for unknown reasons.
Longest and Deepest Alternating Current Cable Route Surveyed - 02/02/2021
A two-person Astrolabe Engineering survey team using a single SP60 GNSS receiver recently completed the entire land and sea route for the world’s longest and deepest alternating current (AC) cable.
Linking the island of Crete to mainland Greece, the 174km-long interconnection, of which 132 kilometres are on the seabed, became fully functional last month. Connecting Megalopolis in central Peloponnese with Heraclion, the biggest city on the island, the cable is expected to meet more than a third of the island’s electrical power demand and enable the island to permanently close its most polluting power plants.
GIS mapping resumes in Kollam
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Buildings, infra details to be mapped and stored
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Buildings, infra details to be mapped and stored The Kollam Corporation has resumed GIS mapping and Intelligent Property Management System (IPMS) survey to facilitate technology-based planning. The survey had hit a road block earlier due to resistance from the residents and allegations of data leak, forcing the authorities to stop it temporarily. “The work was not making much headway due to COVID-19. We also had to take a break for local body elections. It was decided to carry on with the survey after a 19-member technical committee, including experts and department heads, assessed its progress,” said officials. At present the drone and GPS surveys for documenting geographic and infrastructural details have been completed along with the web portal.
Improvement in port connectivity
In order to overcome these challenges, many initiatives have been taken over a period of last few years. Some of the recent initiatives taken by the government are as follows:
New legislation viz. Major Ports Authority (MPA) Bill, 2020 have been formulated after extensive deliberations and discussions with the stakeholders. The MPA Bill, 2020 has been passed by the Lok Sabha and would be introduced in Rajya Sabha in the next session. It will usher in a new era for the administration of Major Ports in India in which the Major Ports will have much greater autonomy and contribute significantly to the economic growth and provide world-class port infrastructure by adopting the Landlord Model of development