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A critical development in 2026 is greater use of geospatial technology.
Under the AMRUT GIS Master Plan programme, 461 cities across 35 states and UTs had been onboarded. Final geospatial databases had been prepared for 437 cities, draft GIS master plans for 404, and 292 master plans had been finalised.
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Paper: GS-3
Theme: Science & Technology
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Under AMRUT 2.0's programme for Class-II towns, 875 towns are covered.
GIS allows authorities to combine information on land use, drains, sewer networks, water bodies, environmentally sensitive zones, transportation networks and proposed infrastructure.
This is precisely the data required to model urban floods.
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