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Dehradun: Web-enabled geo-tagging technology is being used to map and monitor water sources in the Himalayas, the Union minister for drinking water and sanitation Uma Bharti has said. Geo-tagging will store all these details.”Noted environmentalist and Padma Shri recipient Anil Joshi also said that besides tracking water harvesting techniques geo-tagging may also be used to identify increase or decrease in water level of a tagged water source. Thus, a geo-map will contain details such as the rock type of the area.”Notably, the Rajasthan government has been using geo-tagging to track water harvesting. The technology allows the government to track water harvesting structures to track progress of planting, digging of percolation tanks etc.The USAC director said that in the Himalayan region as well geo-tagging would aid water harvesting. “Geo-tagging can easily suggest potential sites of sub surface water..