⇒ The Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), Shri Pankaj Kumar released the Glacial Lake Atlas of Ganga Basin on 29 June 2021.
About Atlas:
The present glacial lake atlas is based on the inventoried glacial lakes in part of Ganga River basin from its origin to foothills of Himalayas covering a catchment area of 2,47,109 sq. km. The study portion of Ganga River basin covers part of India and transboundary region.
Use:
» The Glacial Lake Atlas to be used in carrying out climate change impact analysis and disaster mitigation planning.
» The atlas provides a comprehensive and systematic glacial lake database for Ganga River basin with size > 0.25 ha.
NHP-Bhuvan Portal:
During the event, the Secretary, Department of Space & Chairman, ISRO, Dr. K. Sivan also launched the ‘National Hydrology Project or NHP-Bhuvan Portal’ of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).
The NHP-Bhuvan Portal is a repository of information on the initiatives undertaken by NRSC under NHP with a facility to download the reports and knowledge products being developed by NRSC.