Patna, (Bihar Times): The chief minister, Nitish Kumar,
inaugurated the Mobile Inspection System, at the flood
preparation review meeting here on Tuesday. The MIS
will help monitor floods in Bihar, especially in its
northern half, in a better way.
In this hi-tech monitoring mobile phones would be used
to get information of any breach in the embankments.
Photographs of the affected site will be taken to
assess the quantum of damage. "The mobile inspection system allows users to send status reports and images instantly to headquarters using an encrypted channel over GPRS" explained Anupam Singh whose company has developed this programme.
Speaking on the occasion the chief minister asked the
officials of the water resources department to make
micro-level planning so that advanced information
about the floods is available and the people of the
affected areas could be evacuated on time. He called
for the strengthening of the embankments and
implementation of anti-erosion schemes much in
advance.
Water resources minister Vijendra Yadav said that
embankments at 32 places got breached in the last
year’s flood and that they are being repaired. He said
that repair works and strengthening of embankment
would be completed by June 15.
