In a bid to protect waterbodies from encroachments and monitor water quality in Chennai and its periphery, the Water Resources Department will launch Tamil Nadu Land Use Intelligence System (TNLUIS), a mobile app. The application will detect changes in land use and unauthorised construction.
Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan made this announcement during the demand for grants for his department for 2022-23 in the State Assembly on Wednesday. The application, which would be developed at a cost of ₹5.50 crore, would use GIS approach, artificial intelligence and satellite imaging to spot changes in land use. Geotagging of land and revenue maps would be done for the system.
Sources said similar apps were being used in Gurgaon and Odisha. Citizens too would be able to report encroachments through the application.
