Pakistan Earthquake Geographic Info System Installed

GIS will help to provide the required information about the condition of roads, location and height of villages and population when linked with Nadra and satellite images. The system will also assist in relief operations and rehabilitation programme. It will also help aid agencies operating in the area by providing them the exact data about the population affected in case the road gets blocked by landslides and snowfall. The Army Survey Group with the assistance of the Turkish Disaster Management team has completed surveying areas located on the fault line. Engineers installed high-tech sensors, which had been connected with a computerized laboratory, to study seismic changes in quake-hit areas.