Isro to help AAI for airports' construction

To sign MoU with postal department to help in the tracking the movement of a parcel

The Department of Space (DoS) to sign a MoU with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to provide scientific parameters for airports' construction. It will also provide data on the landscape around the airports.The department will also sign MoU with Department of Posts, where the space technology will be helpful in the tracking the movement of a parcel.

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that Isro will help by providing scientific parameters for airports' construction.

It will also provide data on the landscape around the airports. The space technology will help in making the flights safer and provide the optimum utilisation of the land, he added.

In the field of aviation sector, the minister said that the use of space technology is being done on pilot basis in the Hyderabad and Port Blair airport. Based on the experience of these pilot projects, the space technology will be utilised in 42 airports in future.

He said that the DoS will also sign MoU with Department of Posts where the space technology will be helpful in the tracking the movement of a parcel. Isro will take postal service in India to a new level, thus enabling the recipient to track the parcel and also decide the delivery time.

Singh said that in the last two years the DoS has started contributing towards various applications other than launching satellites. These applications are huge and multi-faceted, he added.

The DoS already signed MoU with the Ministry of Urban Development where the space technology will be used in projects like smart cities and housing.

The MoU signed with Ministry of Railways will help in construction of railway tracks and managing the railway crossing. Space technology will also be helpful in agriculture sector in the areas of crop damage assessment, soil health, blue revolution and irrigation etc. He said that space technology is also useful in disaster management.

Isro informed that the last satellite of the IRNSS series will be launched on April 28, 2016 which will complete the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, that will provide navigation facility in and around India.