Uttarakhand

• 18 Jun 2022

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Inaugurated 'Nabh Netra'

Why in News?

On June 17, 2022, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the mobile ground control station 'Nabh Netra' from the Chief Minister's Camp Office.

Key Points

• The Chief Minister said that Uttarakhand is a disaster-sensitive state and in case of any disaster, this mobile ground control station based on drone technology will prove to be effective in collecting disaster related data.
• ITDA Director Amit Sinha said that Uttarakhand faces challenges like collecting data, processing and monitoring the situation at the time of natural calamity or emergency. Now the help of drone technology can be taken on a large scale for all these fronts. For this, the Drone Application Research Center has developed a mobile ground control station, which will be used to use drones during disaster or emergency situations and collect data through drones.
• In addition, pre-disaster and post-disaster maps will be prepared through drones in the disaster affected areas.
• This station is installed entirely on a vehicle. This ground control station has been equipped with high speed workstations for data processing, bandwidth aggregation and VSAT for areas without network zones.
• The vehicle will be used by the Uttarakhand government for disaster management and 3D mapping of all sensitive disaster prone areas.

Har ki Pauri Selected Among 75 Heritage Sites Across the Country

Why in News?

On June 17, 2022, District Magistrate of Haridwar Vinay Shankar Pandey told that under the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence being celebrated to commemorate the 75th Independence Year, Har Ki Pauri of Uttarakhand state was also selected among 75 heritage sites selected across the country on international yoga Day. has been done.

Key Points

• Under this, a yoga programme will be organized at Malviya Ghat in Har Ki Padi of the state.
• The International Day of Yoga will be organized at five places in Haridwar to mark the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence.
• On the occasion of International Day of yoga , 17 yoga teachers including Mamta Anand, Acharya Bipin Joshi, Seema Johar, Sanjeev Chandana, Swarup Singh Bhandari, Shashikant Dubey, Manoj Jaiswal, Trilok Saini were also felicitated by the Human Rights and Social Justice Organization.