ISRO's mission control centre at Satish Dhawan spaceport, Sriharikota

The space agency will provide its technical expertise for setting up the proposed emergency control room. The project will be executed under the overall supervision of the Union home ministry. The new set-up will be helpful in rendering timely response/assistance during various emergency situations

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed an agreement here on Thursday for setting up a state-of-the-art integrated control room for emergency response in the ministry. The space agency will provide its technical expertise for setting up the proposed emergency control room whereas the project will be executed under the overall supervision of the ministry. The control room will cater to the requirement of internal security as well as disaster management.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by joint secretary (Disaster Management) Sanjeev Kumar Jindal on behalf of the ministry and PVN Rao, deputy director of Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO.

The proposed control room will address the requirement of receipt of information on the real-time basis, strategic-level monitoring, situation awareness, command and control, preparedness and response in diverse internal security situation and disaster-related emergencies. The new set-up will increase the operational effectiveness and will be helpful in rendering timely response/assistance during various emergency situations.