Fish Pond

Old Secretariate

Shaheed
Smarak
HOW SATELLITE SCANS EARTH .
Rajbhawan area viewed by IKONOS 1 meter sensor
Very high
resolution (40
cm) Orbi-Image
data

Higher the
resolution better
the geometric
accuracy
GIS maps like this can help in better and faster Urban
infrastructure planning
 Better road planning using Urban GIS
N
Roads Under This Scheme
Other RCD roads
National Highway
Other City roads

Gandhi Gandhi Setu

Maidan

Saguna
More

New By-Pass Road

Map prepared by
Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre, Planetarium Complex - PATNA
AREAS SERVED
BY MASS Main Roads (divided)
TRANSPORT Main transport conduit
SYSTEM Other roads
River Course Change detection
Ganga Near Patna
2003 -2004
PATNA As seen by Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Cartosat 1
GANGA 2007

Ga
nda
k

PATNA
Advance planning for Embankment strengthening

Breach of Kamla Right Embankment

1999 2001
Breach of Baghmati
2003
Breach can be measured for estimate
preparation on such images
Agricultural Scenario during Rabi
Agricultural Scenario during Kharif
Laheriasarai
Drainage planning using Satellite Images

Natural Link
Channel
Baraila Jheel
AREAS OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION

URBAN AREA MAPPING AND MONITORING

DETAIL URBAN LANDUSE MAPPING

URBAN PROPERTY MAPPING

LINKING MUNICIPAL RECORDS WITH PROPERTY MAP FOR TAX

ADMINISTRATION

PROVIDING VITAL INPUTS TO MASTER PLAN

URBAN ENVIRONMENT MONITORING

URBAN SPRAWL STUDY AND FRINGE AREA LANDUSE CHANGE

DETECTION
AREAS OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION
LANDUSE & AGRICULTURE

LARGE SCALE LANDUSE MAPPING

IDENTIFICATION OF DEGRADED AREAS

SOIL MAPPING

NATURAL VEGETATION COVER MAPPING AND MONITORING

ECOLOGY AND WILDLIFE HABITAT STUDIES

CROP ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION ESTIMATION

AGRO-PRODUCTIVITY ZONING

LANDUSE PLANNING
 AREAS OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION

WATER RESOURES

SURFACE WATER MAPPING

FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUTURE MAPPING
DRAINAGE PLANNING
RESERVOIR CAPACITY MONITORING
IRRIGATION PLANNING
RIVER COURSE CHANGE DETECTION
RIVER INTERLINKING STUDIES

GEO SCIENCES

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING
GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL ESTIMATION
MINERAL PROSPECTING
 26 th November
Cropping
Progress
monitoring
 18 th December
Cropping
Progress
monitoring
 18 th January
Cropping
Progress
monitoring
Air borne RADAR data for assessment of damage to civil structure
 MAP SHOWING DAMAGE POINTS ON ROADS, RAIL AND EMBANKMENTS

BASED ON VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF GEOREFERENCED X BAND SAR DATA

READY MAP
TO BE
DELIVERED
TO USER
Over internet
 Projects completed by
BIHAR REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION CENTRE
STATE SPONSORED PROJECT
n Kosi Command Area Landuse
Map
n Gandak Command Area
Landuse map
n Gaya WATERSHED
delineation
n GIS Patna project
n GIS mapping for Fisheries in
E. Champaran (Pilot)
Landuse mapping for Nalanda
n
n River Course Change
mapping along Indo-Nepal
Border
n River Course Change
mapping for Saharsa-Mansi
Broad Gauge Conversion
GOVT. OF INDIA SPONSORED
PROJECTS
n Crop Acreage and Production
Estimation (CAPE)
n National (Natural) Resource
Information System (NRIS)
n Nationwide Landuse mapping
Project
National Wasteland Mapping
n
n National Wetland Mapping
Project
n Nationwide Groundwater
potential Zoning
n Disaster Management Support
Program
Why BIRSAC slowed down..
Partly due to traditional orientation many Departments were not
enthusiastic about using this Technology & also due to failure of BIRSAC
to market itself

Despite financial and material support from Dept. of Space, Hardware/

Software could not be maintained and updated in time due to indecision
of Governing bodies, which adversely affected the capacity of BIRSAC to
deliver

Lack of incentives and benefits at par with other similar Technical

Institutions resulting in exodus of highly experienced manpower

Remote Sensing has its real value in timeliness due to vacillating

approach the decision to procure Satellite data even from central agency
could not be taken in time

The post of Project Director for Remote Sensing was never filled up and
it was always managed as additional charge by people having different
mandate
What needs to be done to revive BIRSAC.

Make BIRSAC a separate Autonomous Organization as in States

like Orissa, U.P, Maharashtra, Jharkhand etc.

The Organization would be headed by a Senior Scientist (SF) of

Remote Sensing/GIS field

A thoroughly computerized system of administration would be

adopted

The Organization would function within a clearly set rules

designed for timely project execution

The Organization would prepare Annual Action Plan keeping in

view the data demand of user Departments

Performance Incentive to be linked on the pattern of work

centre of Department of Space
What BIRSAC can do

Prepare a current Surface Water Resource Map for preparation of effective DPRs
on Flood control, Drainage and Irrigation

Prepare a GIS map of current status of Forest

Prepare infrastructure maps like Road, Canal, Embankment network etc.

Prepare various Administrative Boundary maps like Block, Panchayat, Village and
Police jurisdiction

Provide up-to-date maps of Wandering River Courses causing erosion

Provide detail maps of Urban areas for future planning

Assist Disaster Management Department in fighting natural calamities like flood

and drought using satellite Images

Assist Mines and Geology Department in Mineral and Groundwater prospecting

PROPOSED STRUCTURE OF BIRSAC
DIRECTOR Data Warehousing and
Remote Sensing & Data Processing & Online Dissemination
Warehousing division
GIS division (BIRSAC)

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

CARTOGRAPHY
SENIOR RESOURCE SCIENTIST ASSISTANT HARDWARE/MAINTENANCE
ENGINEER
RESOURCE DRAUGHTSMAN
SCIENTIST RESOURCE SCIENTIST
CARTOGRAPHY
Landuse & WEB/IMS MANAGER
RESOURCE SCIENTIST CARTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT
Agriculture
SCIENTIST

DATABASE MANAGER
SENIOR RESOURCE SCIENTIST CARTOGRAPHY
RESOURCE
SCIENTIST
SCIENTIST RESOURCE SCIENTIST CARTOGRAPHY
Human ASSISTANT
Settlement
RESOURCE SCIENTIST DRAUGHTSMAN
Analysis
CARTOGRAPHY
ASSISTANT
SENIOR RESOURCE SCIENTIST
RESOURCE
SCIENTIST RESOURCE SCIENTIST
Water GIS PROGRAMMER
Resources
RESOURCE SCIENTIST
DATA ENTRY OPERATOR
SENIOR RESOURCE SCIENTIST
RESOURCE
SCIENTIST RESOURCE SCIENTIST DATABASE MANAGER
Mines ,Geology
& Groundwater RESOURCE SCIENTIST
 Executive committee of BIRSAC
Sl. Name/Designation Status Signature
No. (2) (3) (4)
(1)

1. Principal Secretary Dept of Science & Technology, Chairman Sd/-

Government of Bihar

2. Member Sd/-
Principal Secretary Dept. of Planning Government of Bihar

3. Principal Secretary Dept. of Finance Government of Bihar Member Sd/-

4. Principal Secretary Dept. of Agriculture Member Sd/-

Government of Bihar

5. Sd/-
Principal Secretary, Water Resource Department, Government of
Member
Bihar

6. Principal Secretary Dept. of Urban Development, Government of

Member Sd/-
Bihar

7. Member Sd/-
Director, Dept. of Science & Technology Govt. of Bihar.

8. Project Director, Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre, Secretary Sd/-

IGSC-Planetarium Complex (BIRSAC)
 Sl.
Members No.
Name/Designation
(2)
Status
(3)
Signature
(4)
(1)
of the 1. Principal Secretary Dept. of Science & Technology, Government President Sd/-
General of Bihar

Body of 2. Principal Secretary, Dept of Water Resources Government of Bihar Member Sd/-

BIRSAC 3. Principal Secretary , Dept of Finance, Government of Bihar Member

Sd/-

Principal Secretary, Dept of Urban Development, Government of

4. Member Sd/-
Bihar
Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture Government of
5. Member Sd/-
Bihar

6. Principal Secretary, Dept of Planning, Government of Bihar Member Sd/-

Principal Secretary, Dept of Road Construction, Government of

7. Member Sd/-
Bihar
Principal Secretary, Dept of Rural Development Government of
8. Member Sd/-
Bihar
Principal Secretary, Dept of Environment & Forest, Government
9. Member Sd/-
of Bihar

10. Project Director, BCST, Patna Member Sd/-

A Representative from ISRO Head Quarter, Bangalore, Govt. of

11. Member Sd/-
India

12. A Representative from NRSA Hyderabad, DOS, Govt. of India Member Sd/-

13. A Representative from SAC, Ahamadabad, DOS, Govt. of India Member Sd/-
Member
Project Director, Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre,
14. Secretary Sd/-
IGSC- Planetarium Complex (BIRSAC)