20/08/2026
|| Lodestar-a low-cost, multi-hazard early warning system that brings together technical innovation, Al, process based model ling, real-time sensing, computer vision and community engagement-developed under the bilateral India-Netherlands initiative, will soon be implemented in Guwahati.
Chief Secretary Ravi Kota today held a meeting with Prof Anamika Barua and Prof Debanga Raj Neog, Principal Investigators, IIT Guwahati, and the Lodestar team, along with senior officials from ASDMA, GMDA, Water Resources Department and other concerned stakeholders, to review the roadmap for operationalising the dashboard for Guwahati over the coming year.
"For Guwahati, our objective is to develop an operational decision-support system that can identity where flooding is occurring in real time, anticipate where it may develop over 1, 3 and 6-hour horizons, and provide timely, actionable inputs for preparedness and response, Kota said.