Photography, videography, 3D mapping of every part of the campus
Tight security system in the area, special emphasis on foot patrolling
Varanasi, 10 August: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team reached the Gyanvapi campus on Thursday at eight o’clock in the morning. For the seventh consecutive day, the team has started survey work in the entire Gyanvapi campus.
In the survey, 3D mapping is being done along with photography and videography of every part of the campus. To generate 3D images, the team has installed Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) at various places in the campus.
Before this, on the sixth day, it is believed that the team got 3D mapping of the walls and surface of the cellars done. Along with this, the debris lying near the western wall and the cellars were also recorded.
The survey team examined the stones used in Gyanvapi along with seeing the two high towers and the staircase built in the east side of Gyanvapi. Did videography of the figures emerged on the stones.
The team of 42 experts included in the survey team divided into four teams and started the investigation of the first identified places.
A group of 10 members entered Vyas ji’s room in the southern basement. The 10 member party entered the northern basement. The special thing is that IIT Kanpur team is also going to come for Ground Penetrative Radar (GPR) survey in Gyanvapi campus.
On the other hand, the administrative and police officials have given strict instructions to the plaintiff and the defendant in the Gyanvapi Shringargauri case not to make any statements regarding the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi complex.
The administration has instructed both the parties to keep distance from the ASI team during the survey. Its effect was visible and the advocates of the plaintiff side who accompanied the survey team remained silent.
In view of the Gyanvapi survey, Additional Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Dr. S. Channappa and other officers are giving a lot of emphasis on foot patrolling in the area.
