This is part of a mega project— Computer Aided Utility Mapping— initiated by the Planning Commission in six major cities in the country including Mumbai, Banglore, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. The Delhi Metro Corporation had started this GIS mapping four years ago and has completed by now.
Three days ago, the Planning Commission had organised a workshop on this project in New Delhi which was attended by the commissioners of all the six municipal corporations. National Informatics Centre will be the implementing agency for the said project.
"Hyderabad city’s GIS mapping will be ready by next year. We can start the work immediately as the MCH has already purchased software worth Rs 35 lakh a few years ago," MCH commissioner Chitra Ramachandran told The Times of India.
The MCH will set up a cell with employees from various departments including Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Central Power Distribution Company Limited, Traffic Police and Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited, the commissioner said.
