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New Delhi : Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh will launch Rural Connectivity GIS Data in Public Domain on February 22, 2022, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in the year 2000, with an objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations across the nation. Later on, upgradation and consolidation of through routes and major rural links was also included as its objective to give fillip to the rural economy. Since inception, 7.83 lakh km roads have been sanctioned and 6.90 lakh km have been constructed with an expenditure of Rs. 2.69 lakh crores, according to a PIB release.
As part of the implementation of PMGSY, GIS data for 8,00,000+ rural facilities as points, 1 Million + habitations, and 25,00,000+ km of rural roads have been collected and digitised using GIS platform developed for the scheme. The collected rural connectivity GIS data will be available to the public.
National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), the nodal implementation agency of PMGSY scheme, will be signing MoU with 3 renowned GIS Firms & collaborating with Gati Shakti for releasing the Rural Connectivity GIS Data in Public Domain. Gati Shakti is a national master plan and digital platform to plan and execute infrastructure projects in India to reduce logistics costs and enhance infrastructure. NRIDA is collaborating with Gati Shakti with an objective to exchange the data for better planning and implementation of both the schemes.
The launch of GIS data will be followed by technical session where presentation by ESRI India, MapmyIndia, DataMeet, Gati Shakti, and CDAC Pune, will be made.