A big initiative was taken in the field of internet technology in Uttarakhand when CM Rawat successfully launched an aerostat technology balloon at IT Park, Dehradun. The ITDA with support from IIT, Mumbai has for the first time in the country carried out this unique experiment.
Those areas which has not yet been linked with information and internet technology will be given priority in aerostat ballon. Keeping in view the tough geographical conditions, ballon technology will be helpful to the hill-state which is vulnerable to natural disasters and in case of any emergency such a technology will be useful in contacting people in remote areas.
Chief Minister said that the state government is committed to provide information and communication technology to the next generation. Remote villages like Ghes are now digital village, connected with Apollo Hospital through Tele-Medicine. Providing internet technology to scattered populations is not profitable for private companies. The cost balloon technique is extremely conducive for providing internet facility in the rural areas.
In this, connectivity platform would be provided through state wide area network (SWAN). Aerostat balloon is a celestial platform in which the gas even lighter than available in the environment, is filled and raised high in the sky. The balloon is connected to the surface with the help of a rope and through various mechanisms. The balloon can be installed in an appropriate vehicle and taken from place to place and activated in no time.
In emergency situations, the equipment involved in this technology can be used through solar energy. The maximum area affected by a balloon can be covered, under which data speed can be obtained up to 5 Mbps. Through this, it will facilitate the communication system in emergency situations, communication system during the relief works in the disaster affected areas and the finding the persons in mishaps through celestial surveillance.
