Airspace, IMD data fuse into Gati Shakti

The proposed integration will also help improve planning of infrastructure creation around airports

- Daanish Anand

The Gati Shakti portal will soon have airspace as well as meteorological data as the civil aviation ministry works on a plan to develop a tool aimed at improving infrastructure planning.

The aviation ministry is working with Gandhinagar-based Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) to develop the tool, two officials told Mint.

The institute specializes in satellite communication, geoinformatics and geospatial technology.

"This integration will add strength to infrastructure planning since air space management and meteorological data are increasingly becoming relevant, more so for aviation-related projects," said the first person cited above, a senior government official who did not want to be identified.