¹Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES],
 ²Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra)
³National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space, Government of India, Hyderabad, http://nrsc.gov.in.
⁴Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP]Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India*Corresponding Author E Mail: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in.
*Corresponding Author: T.V. Ramachandra, cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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