With a view to use best technologies in many areas of its operations for the benefit of its passengers, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding "Effective Use of Space Technology in Remote Sensing and Graphic Information System (GIS) based Governance Application for Indian Railways" was signed recently.

The MoU was signed in the context of Railway Minister's special mention in his Budget Announcement regarding geospatial and enhanced use of Space technology in various sectors of governance.

The MoU aims for developing applications in the field of Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) for remote sensing at unmanned railway crossing including ,all geospatial solutions and customized software solutions for providing reliable,  efficient & optimal solutions to Railways in it various areas of operation thereby benefiting the rail user.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said that the signing of this MoU with the ISRO is of a great importance which will solve all the day to day problems of Indian Railways by using best technology provided by the ISRO.

He said that Railways core activity is to run trains thus Railways has to become partner with the great organizations like ISRO for its important activities.  He said that it is a big challenge for the Indian Railways to keep pace with the latest technology and Railways is now ready to adopt new technologies. He said that Railways want to keep itself modernized with the new technological innovations and some of the most difficult solutions could be found by using latest technology.

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