Ganga Data Collector

GS-III: Ganga Data Collector

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Ganga Data Collector

Dehradun based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has launched a mobile application “Ganga Data Collector”.
This is under the “Biodiversity and Ganga Conservation” project initiated by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) of Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The app will provide field researchers with a complete data entry solution to monitor the aquatic population in the river.
The scientists of WII, Ganga Prahri volunteers and staff of the forest department in the Ganga Basin will use this application on their mobile phones.
The Ganga basin covers 11 states including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Delhi.
It will make faster collection of more authentic and accurate data related to water quality and aquatic life in Ganga.

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The associates will collect data related to quality of water, presence of different species of fishes, amphibians and reptiles, crocodiles and turtles, dolphins, birds, water level and weather.
They will file these details in data-sheets along with information of date, time and location of collection data.

Source: Indian Express

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