Genesys International Corporation has secured a project from the National Mission for Clean Ganga for aerial LiDAR survey and geotagged videography of the River Ganga drainage system across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
The assignment will cover the Ballia-to-Farakka stretch and involve the use of both manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to capture geospatial data for the river corridor and associated drainage systems. According to the company, the project will generate datasets intended to support river-corridor assessment, drainage identification, terrain analysis and planning activities.
The scope of work includes aerial LiDAR surveys, photogrammetry, orthorectified imagery and geotagged videography of natural and manmade drainage systems that merge into the river. Deliverables are expected to include 3D LiDAR point cloud data, orthorectified imagery, annotated aerial video and geotagged drainage information.
Sajid Malik, chairman and managing director of Genesys International, said the project demonstrates the use of both manned aerial systems and UAVs for large-scale river intelligence applications. “We believe this is an important emerging geospatial vertical, with the potential to support environmental restoration, wastewater planning, floodplain management, and multiple development use cases across India’s river systems,” he said.
The company said the resulting datasets could support use cases such as drain and confluence mapping, pollution hotspot identification, wastewater interception planning, floodplain analysis and river-edge infrastructure planning.