Activities of District NRDMS Centers

 

District NRDMS Center, Chikkamagaluru

O/o Zilla Panchayath, Chikkamagaluru District - 577101

Introduction

The Chikkamagaluru district NRDMS Centre was established in the year 2006-2007 at Office of the Chikkamagaluru Zilla Panchayath with financial support from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Implemented by K.S.C.S.T, Bangalore with active support from Department of Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka. The main objective of the centre is to create the digital database on Natural resources, Demography, Agro & Socio economy and infrastructure facilities  of the  District to provide analysed information to the district administrators, Zilla panchayath, line departments, Academic institutions and NGOs in Natural resources management and  rural development planning with the help of  GIS  and other advanced scientific technologies.

Activities carried out at District NRDMS Centre

  • The primary objective of District NRDMS Centre under NRDMS Project is to create Extensive database on Spatial Database (Maps) and Non-Spatial Database (Attribute data) of Natural Resources, Socio & agro-economic parameters and Infrastructure facilities of the district after collating from the line departments and other organizations and it is been updating regularly based on nature of availability of data and requirements.

  • Public Health Support: Provided mapping and data support to the Health Department for managing disease control, specifically related to TB (Tuberculosis) and ELE-Microfilaria disease outbreaks and intervention planning.

  • Forest Department Support: Provided mapping and data support to the KFD (Karnataka Forest Department) for planning and managing forest-related activities.

  • Public Education/Asset Mapping: Prepared and updated detailed maps related to Public Education facilities and specifically, Government School Asset Details, for data analysis and departmental planning.

  • Technical support was provided to the Revenue Department for developing a system that integrates historic and experiential data with spatial data (like land records and village boundaries) to aid the District Disaster Monitor cell in effective disaster planning and management.

  • Technical support was given to the Zilla Panchayat to prepare Gram/Taluk Panchayat Action Plans based on GIS for the MGNREGA scheme, and support was also provided for NRLM and GPCLF (Gram Panchayat Cluster Level Federation) activities by preparing data and applications using Microsoft PowerBI.

  • Hands-on training was provided to officials from the Social Forestry and Forest Departments specifically on the use of the K-GIS Web application to update information related to the Road-Side Plantation program.

Activity Report for the Month April - July 2025

 

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