With some states not fully utilising the Centrally-funded scheme to create irrigation facilities, Government has decided to assign the National Remote Sensing Center to monitor 50 projects using satellite imagery.The satellite imagery will be used to confirm the progress made by states in carrying out irrigation projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP). The Water Resources Ministry and the Central Water Commission will also carry out field visits to monitor physical progress and financial performance of ongoing projects.Earlier also center had used remote sensing technology to monitor 53 projects. It had later provided the Ministry with assessments of 48 projects which had helped in pinpointing gaps in the network which lead to non-continuity of the network for irrigation delivery.
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