In a recent survey, it was found that three states, namely, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra have emerged as top adventure destinations in India. The study revealed that over 31 lakh tourists, both Indians as well as foreigners participated in adventure activities in India in 2015, of which 10 lakh visited Uttarakhand, 5 lakh went to Himachal Pradesh and 2.5 lakh chose Maharashtra. Approximately 4.58 lakh foreigners frequented these three…

It is great to learn that Survey of India is fast moving towards digitization and use of modern technologies like drone surveying. In the past one year it has produced 2,000 maps of the country for various uses and has made more active efforts to make them easily accessible to users through its Nakshe portal. The maps produced by it are authentic and are produced keeping various parameters and development activities in…