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Special Purpose Aircraft With powerful cameras is all set to fly over the Ganga to survey the river as it courses through five states for a geospatial mapping of its basin to address issues of pollution. The survey would be conducted related to the ambitious ‘Namami Gange’ programme which aims at rejuvenating river. Sources at the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) said Special Purpose Aircraft would be used for mapping the river to closely capture pictures of flood plains, necessary for preparing a database.
The database is essential for planning relating to the river. According to NMCG, the aerial survey would be conducted in the five Ganga flowing states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Ganga travels five state during its river course before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. NMCG is in discussions with the Survey of India and Indian Space Research Organisation, according to officials.