India, Aug. 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Paddy crop mapping, Kharif sown area, weekly sowing & harvesting progress, drought monitoring; groundwater prospects, recharge plan and quality mapping at 1:50,000 scale; monitoring of water spread of waterbodies of size greater than 1 ha (8,368 no.); mapping of wetlands at 1:50,000 scale (2017-18 time frame) and at 1:12,500 scale (2018-19 time frame) were carried out for all 24 districts of Jharkhand.
Under the Disaster Management Support Programme (DMSP), Department of Space provides space-based products/ services to respective nodal Ministries / Departments and concerned State Disaster Management Authorities, including Jharkhand, for appropriate disaster manag...