ANSWER: Monitoring pipelines
Explanation:
- GAIL is deploying space technology to monitor the pipeline’s Right of Use (RoU).
- It has more than 13,000 km of pipeline network, wherein monthly monitoring of pipeline is presently done via helicopter surveys.
- GAIL will begin live satellite monitoring of its pipeline RoU by January 2016. It is also seeking alternative methods such as advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which can be integrated with this system.
- It is a R&D pilot project for monitoring of the 610-km-long Dahej–Vijaipur pipeline is one such effort to keep pace with technological advancements enabling time and cost-effective solutions. The Bhuvan-GAIL portal is operated via manual as well as auto-change analysis options to monitor changes along the natural gas pipeline.
- Bhuvan developed by National Remote Sensing Centre, a unit of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is a software application which allows users to explore a 2D/3D representation of the surface of the Earth.
