VIHANGAM    

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Context

• An internet-based platform called ‘VIHANGAM’ integrated with a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) at Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) was inaugurated on 1st September 2021.

Features

The salient features of the said system are as under:

• The system consists of a Ground Control Station (GCS), an RPAS, internet lease line of 40 Mbps and VIHANGAM portal.
• It has been deployed at two opencast mines of MCL namely Bhubaneswari and Lingaraj initially on trial basis.
• The system enables real-time transmission of aerial video of mining activities from mines to internet platform which can be accessed through VIHANGAM portal by authorized personnel only having ID and password.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1781712