NEW DELHI: In a bid to utilise the Remote Sensing and GIS technology to its fullest, National Informatics Centre (NIS) has developed a web geo-portal named ‘PARIMAN’, set to be used initially by participating states of the National Capital Region (NCR) and the office of National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB). Presently, NCR is spread over 55,083 square km and has four participating states (24 districts and entire NCT of Delhi as its constituent area.
The Geo-Portal for NCR, PARIMAN, was launched in August last year by Hardeep Singh Puri, Chairman, NCRPB and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. However, on July 8, NCRPB made the geo-portal open to public to optimise the utilisation of resources in public interest. The Geo-portal can be accessed through the NCRPB website https://ncrpb.nic.in/ and also through the weblink https://ncrpbgis.nic.in/
The geo-portal aims to improve decentralised planning and management in NCR region. The Portal consists of around 179 layers presented as Line, Point and Polygon feature that covers the details of various sectors like Land Use, Transport, Industries, Water, Power, Health, Shelter, Heritage & Tourism, Disaster Management, etc.