Arafat Hasan of DOT
India will reportedly use space technology to monitor its border security and management, including launching a satellite which will be under the country’s Home Ministry, reports The Daily Star. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a report of the task force set up by his ministry to identify the areas for use of space technology in border management. India shares land borders with Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.
Under the five-year project, the Indian Space Research Organization is going to launch a satellite for exclusive use by the Home Ministry to improve border security, an official statement said Thursday night. It did not, however, mention the exact date when the satellite will be put into orbit.
The statement adds that in the short term, immediate needs of the Border Guarding Forces (BGFs) will be met by procurement of high-resolution imagery and hiring of bandwidth for communications.
Over the long term, the Home Ministry will develop ground segment and network infrastructure to share satellite resources by user agencies, develop a Central Archival Facility for storing various imagery resources and dissemination of the same to user agencies.
The report has identified five important areas for use of space technology — island development, border security, communication and navigation, GIS and Operations Planning System, and border Infrastructure development — the Home Ministry statement said.
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