AP to implement HARITA project
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu said the state government is considering implementation of HARITA (Harmonized Information of Agriculture, Revenue & Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda), as part of creating information-highway in the state.
In a meeting at Secretariat today, the Chief Minister said the programme would be implemented involving agriculture, revenue, irrigation departments and AP State Remote Sensing Applications Centre.
The pilot project will be implemented in 3 districts with a cost of Rs 30 crores.
The program aims to provide integrated information services through standardization of data, enhanced efficiency, effective decision-making through consistent information, better planning of agriculture extension and irrigation and deployment of cutting-edge technologies through precision agriculture, effective water management and work audit.
The meeting highlighted works cut out for each department where they could focus on collecting on-ground data and upload it online for real-time tracking.
Each department listed its targets and challenges and working strategies by using technology.
GIS maps will be developed by APSRAC for 12 Major projects. Harita involves GIS mapping of canal networks. The IT advisor and APSRAC informed the Chief Minister that GIS mapping of main canal and major distributaries was available but has to be extended upto sub-minor canal network system.
The GIS layers proposed under HARITA include: area localized under each project, area irrigated under each source, season-wise, cropped area, production & productivity maps, disaster mapping, ground water levels and ground water quality.
The Chief Minister added that services of HARITA could be extended to other institutions and departments including Banks (Crop Loans), Insurance Companies (Crop Insurance), marketing, taxation, planning (Economics and Statistics), Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Rural Water Supply, Rural Development (Watersheds) and Registration & Stamps.
Principal secretaries Giridhar and Ajay Sawhney, Secretary to CM Sai Prasad and other officials were present at the meeting
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MAHARAJA SHRI SHRI ANJANI RAVISHANKAR PILLA VAARU
DIRECTORATE OF KING AND QUEEN
HYDERABAD
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