Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel launches Taluka Planning Atlas project

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today launched ' Taluka Planning Atlas' project under which an atlas of 100 maps showcasing various facilities as well as government schemes at village level in each taluka would be compiled.

It is aimed at helping the local administration in taking effective decisions about the development in respective regions, as the maps would give precise information about the current status of various facilities and schemes.

The project has been undertaken by the state planning department with the help of director of Economics and Statistics, Gujarat, and Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG).

In the first phase, atlas for one taluka each in 33 districts has been prepared and put on state government portal 'Gswan', said an official release.

In 2010, the government had asked every village as well as taluka panchayat to prepare a village profile based on various indicators of development. The taluka atlas has used this information.

The atlas would give information about facilities such as number of primary and secondary schools, health centres, dairies, cold storages, post offices, banks, etc.