November 01, 2025
Earth Observation Applications have greater role in facilitating management of both natural resources and industrial establishments given the ability to observe dynamics associated with both. Recently, Remote sensing enabled Online Chemical Emergency Response System (ROCERS), a Decision Support System for chemical emergencies was released by Honourable Minister for General Education, Labour and Skills for Kerala state, Shri V. Sivankutty on 11th October 2025. It is Joint effort between NRSC, ISRO, IGCAR, DAE and Government of Kerala.
It was released during “International Conclave on Occupational Safety and Health – Surakshitham 3.0”, which was graced by senior dignitaries of the State. Dr S. K. Srivastav, CGM, Regional Remote Sensing Centres represented NRSC, ISRO along with the team of developers of the online information system. ROCERS logo and a concept video were also released on this occasion. (Fig 1).
This real time emergency response system ( https://rocers.fabkerala.gov.in/ ) is developed as a Web-GIS based DSS by NRSC/ISRO with support of Weather and Dispersion models from IGCAR/DAE. ROCERS addresses emergencies using the state-of-the-art Geospatial Technologies, Weather & Dispersion models for monitoring chemical spreads and integration of live sensors for various chemicals like Ammonia, LPG and various hazardous chemicals (Fig 2).
Fig.1. ROCERS Release Function
Fig 2. ROCERS Landing Page showing EO visualisation and Dashboard for Status related to Emergencies