GAIL, ISRO join hands to monitor pipeline through special portal
Chennai: Enhancing its pipeline security through an eye in the space, GAIL (India) Ltd on Thursday said it has joined hands with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), an arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for the purpose. GAIL (India) Limited in collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), has launched an innovative surveillance geo-portal called “Bhuvan-GAIL portal” utilizing space technology for its pipeline application in the presence of Shri B C Tripathi, Chairman GAIL (India) Limited, Dr. V K Dadhwal, Director NRSC, ISRO, Shri M Ravindran, Director (HR)- GAIL, Dr. Ashutosh Karnataka, Director (Projects)- GAIL, Dr. P G Diwakar, Dy.Director, NRSC,ISRO, Dr. Venugopal Rao, Head Urban Studies, NRSC,ISRO, R K Kashyap, Executive Director (R&D) GAIL and senior officials from GAIL and ISRO.
GAIL (India) has over 13,000 km of pipeline network and space technology can be used for monitoring the pipeline Right of Use (RoU). It is currently monitoring the pipeline RoU through helicopter sorties.
"GAIL will start live satellite monitoring of the pipeline RoU by January 2016 and is also looking for alternative methods like advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which can also be integrated with this system," the statement said.
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