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Assam Seeks Technology Solutions to Improve Flood Preparedness
Assam often faces serious floods that can hurt people and damage property.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said technology could help the state prepare better.
The government is asking young people to suggest useful ideas.
These ideas may use satellites, drones and artificial intelligence.
They could help monitor crops and wetlands.
They could also find encroachment on government land.
Better technology might give officials several extra hours to warn people about floods.
The North East Seva Innovation Challenge was launched to turn these ideas into practical solutions.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state wants technology-driven solutions for flood preparedness.
The Science and Technology Department has invited ideas involving satellites, drones and artificial intelligence.
Challenges include crop-health monitoring, wetland mapping, encroachment detection and flood-management systems.
Sarma said earlier warnings by even five or six hours could help save lives, homes and livelihoods.
The North East Seva Innovation Challenge aims to help young innovators develop and implement practical solutions.
- Who
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Science and Technology Department and young innovators from the Northeast.
- What
- Assam is seeking technology-based solutions for flood preparedness and early warning through the North East Seva Innovation Challenge.
- Where
- The challenge was launched in Guwahati, Assam.
- When
- The announcement was made on Friday, September 25; the year is not specified in the report.
- Why
- Recent floods caused major losses, and officials believe earlier warnings could help protect lives, homes and livelihoods.
Key facts
- Initiative
- North East Seva Innovation Challenge (NESFIC), also called NESFIC-Ashtalakshmi for Viksit Bharat
- Lead official
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Technologies mentioned
- Satellites, drones and artificial intelligence
- Flood-warning benefit
- An additional five or six hours of warning could help protect lives and property
- Other challenge areas
- Crop-health monitoring, wetland mapping and encroachment detection on government land
- Recent flood locations
- Sivasagar and Charaideo districts
- Goal
- Develop and move practical, youth-led solutions toward implementation
Quotes
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam
“We have seen recent floods in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts… Perhaps, had we received a warning five or six hours earlier, several lives and properties could have been saved”
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