Hydrographic
applications in marine coastal development and
environmental preservation, is a growth area,
the world over. According to a UN study,
approximately 50% of coastal states have no
Hydrographic capability. Another 25% have only
limited capabilities. Only the remaining 25%
including India, have adequate Hydrographic
capabilities. There is, therefore, immense scope
for international co-operation in Hydrography,
particularly so, in Asia and Africa, where 36%
and 64% of the waters, respectively, in coastal
areas/EEZ, are yet to be surveyed
systematically.
The
Indian Naval Hydrographic Department possesses
wide experience with a long-standing tradition
of professionalism, state of the art equipment,
modern infrastructure and trained personnel. The
NHD has already assisted a number of countries
in the littoral region on specific project
surveys under bilateral mechanisms. Trainees
from a large number of countries from the
littoral region have been given hydrographic
training of high quality at the National
Hydrographic School, Goa.
The
areas in which the department can extend
assistance and co-operations are: -
-
Conduct
of Hydrographic, Oceanographic and Coastal
Zone Regulation Plan surveys.
-
Training
in Hydrography (under Technical Assistance
and self financing scheme)
-
Setting
up of Hydrographic Infrastructure &
Hydrographic Offices.
-
Exchange
of Personnel.
-
Production
of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) as
per IMO/IHO approved formats/specifications.
-
EEZ/Continental
Shelf Surveys for delineation of maritime
areas under the provisions of United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Queries
and requests for any of the above may be
addressed to The Chief Hydrographer to the
Government of India, National Hydrographic
Office, Dehra Dun, in the enclosed Customer
Request Form.
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