VARANASI: Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) has started using advanced Geotrix software for identifying and monitoring illegal constructions in the city. This software will use satellite images to identify illegal constructions in a 200 sq km area of the city.
In view of this, experts from Advanced Satellite Transformation Software provided training to zonal officers and junior engineers about the new technology employed in the software’s development. VDA vice chairman Pulkit Garg on Thursday held a meeting in this regard.
The software will not only identify illegal constructions but also provide information on new plotting areas in the city. The inclusion of this technology will give a new direction to urban planning in Varanasi.
Garg said that timely information on constructions through Geotrix software will help prevent illegal constructions. Digital mapping will create a digital map of the entire city, increasing accuracy in urban planning. Information on new plotting areas will enable the authority to prepare planned development schemes. It will play a crucial role in future planning, and better data will be available for land use and residential plans.
Describing it as a significant step towards city’s develeopment, Garg said that the introduction of this software is a new initiative in urban planning in Varanasi.
He said that based on the information from the new technology, zonal officers will visit the sites and upload photographs.
The meeting was attended by the VDA joint secretary Parmanand Yadav, IT section’s Dinesh Singh, and other zonal officers and junior engineers.
