<p>The Geological Survey of India (GSI) activated 22 GPS-Geodetic observatories across the country for geological and geophysical mapping on Monday.</p>.<p>GSI Director General Dinesh Gupta activated the observatories through remote control at the GSI office in Kolkata on the occasion of the 169th foundation day of GSI. </p>.<p>“Nowadays globally various federal and private agencies are building GPS infrastructure capabilities. Similar to infrastructures such as roads, electricity and water supply which has vital importance in the nation-building process, GPS infrastructure is said to be essential to the growth and development of the surveying community,” Gupta said.</p>.<p>The GSI Director-General also said that 13 more such observatories will be made operational from March 2020.</p>.<p>The observatories are located in places such as Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Jaipur, Patna and Bhopal.</p>.<p>“By building such a national level advanced infrastructure, GSI has taken a stride of establishing and maintaining a network of 35 permanent GPS-Geodetic Observatories across the country in a phased manner,” he said.</p>.<p>He also said that such infrastructure “would undoubtedly help the nation to delineate high seismic hazard zones as well to produce thematic maps with high positional accuracy.”</p>.<p>The director announced that GSI has urged the HRD ministry to introduce geology as a separate subject and not as a part of geography. </p>
<p>The Geological Survey of India (GSI) activated 22 GPS-Geodetic observatories across the country for geological and geophysical mapping on Monday.</p>.<p>GSI Director General Dinesh Gupta activated the observatories through remote control at the GSI office in Kolkata on the occasion of the 169th foundation day of GSI. </p>.<p>“Nowadays globally various federal and private agencies are building GPS infrastructure capabilities. Similar to infrastructures such as roads, electricity and water supply which has vital importance in the nation-building process, GPS infrastructure is said to be essential to the growth and development of the surveying community,” Gupta said.</p>.<p>The GSI Director-General also said that 13 more such observatories will be made operational from March 2020.</p>.<p>The observatories are located in places such as Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Jaipur, Patna and Bhopal.</p>.<p>“By building such a national level advanced infrastructure, GSI has taken a stride of establishing and maintaining a network of 35 permanent GPS-Geodetic Observatories across the country in a phased manner,” he said.</p>.<p>He also said that such infrastructure “would undoubtedly help the nation to delineate high seismic hazard zones as well to produce thematic maps with high positional accuracy.”</p>.<p>The director announced that GSI has urged the HRD ministry to introduce geology as a separate subject and not as a part of geography. </p>
