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Imphal, Feb 22:
Northeast Frontier Railway is using the most modern survey technology, LiDAR (Aerial Ground) for Imphal-Moreh railway line project for the first time. LiDAR (Aerial Ground) for Final location survey of Imphal-Moreh railway line project started from Imphal where a helicopter fitted with state of art aerial LiDAR and Imagery sensors took the first flight from Imphal airport and captured the data related to ground survey.
LiDAR sensor, mounted on a specially equipped Helicopter scans the ground surface using laser beams and measures heights and positions of millions of points on ground surface with an accuracy of few cm. The LiDAR can penetrate densely forested areas, thus revealing the bare earth, which satellite images or other techniques cannot do. Adoption of this technology will fast-track the survey work, thereby saving considerable time and will also record every minute of the ground features. During this survey, details of 5.0 Km (2.5 Km on either side) of the proposed alignment is being captured. Based on the findings of the survey, design of the vertical and horizontal alignment, structures, locations of the stations and depots, land requirement, identification of project affected plots/structures will be decided. The Project is being executed by Skylark Designer & Engineers Pvt Ltd under Ircon ISL (Govt. PSU). The work is taken up by Dr. Paramesh Banerjee, renowned Indian Scientist.
The Final location survey of the proposed Imphal-Moreh railway line (Approx. 110 km) project is currently underway and is expected to be completed within couple of months. The proposed railway line from Imphal to border town of Moreh is part of proposed trans-Asia railway network and will connect India with Southeast Asia. The proposed railway line is strategically important and is expected to boost the infrastructure & connectivity in the region.
