Large parts of Assam have been inundated and estimating the extent of flooding is always a very difficult task as roads get cut off and clouds and rain make helicopter sorties difficult. Remote sensing satellites offer a quick solution and India has immense capability in this sector. The Indian space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, maintains a round the clock vigil in times of disasters deploying all 10 of its remote sensing satellites – the world largest number of satellites in the civilian domain with some of them which can penetrate clouds and even see at night. Read More
