Department of Space (DOS) has embarked upon the Disaster Management Support (DMS) Programme as a prime application activity, to reach the benefits of the aerospace technology for the resolves of disaster management in the country. Various centres of ISRO/DOS are involved in implementing different components of DMS Programme, which is centrally coordinated by DMS Programme office at ISRO HQ. The Decision Support Centre (DSC) established at National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is the single window delivery point for aerial & space enabled inputs together with other important data layers for its use in disaster management of pre-disaster, during-disaster and post-disaster phases. For online transfer of space enabled inputs to the State and Central government user departments, a VSAT based satellite communication network is available. At present, DSC is addressing five natural disasters viz., Flood, Cyclone, Agricultural Drought, Forest Fire, Earthquake and Landslide.

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