VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has started leveraging technology in its waste management system. The civic body is in the process of installing QR code-embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on the walls of every household.
Sanitation workers will scan the QR codes on devices provided by the GVMC on a daily basis which will make an entry into the online database of the civic body. The data thus collected will be used by GVMC to track the extent of work done on a daily basis. Officials expect that this will stop sanitation workers skip houses.
These tags have already been affixed in nearly three lakh houses in the city. The remaining houses are also expected to be covered in the next few days.
Speaking to TOI, Dr KSLG Sastry, the chief medical officer of GVMC said that the QR code-based household waste management system is being implemented on a pilot basis at present. “This (the system) will be replicated in all parts of the city in the next few days,” he said.
Dr Sastry further said that this will enable the GVMC to monitor door-to-door garbage collection. “The QR code tags are also being affixed to dustbins to monitor waste collection and disposal. We have taken these initiatives at the directions of GVMC commissioner G Srijana,” the chief medical officer added.
According to Dr Sastry, the civic body is focussed on implementing segregation at source at the moment. “We have been creating awareness among the public on the importance of sorting and segregating waste before it enters the municipal solid waste system. The full potential of this can be tapped only through appropriate segregation at source,” he added.
The chief medical officer said that the civic body plans to reach out to nearly four lakh people in the city and that it is making use of the Swachhata App to address complaints from the public.
Meanwhile, the GVMC has also introduced a facial recognition-based attendance system for workers to check inconsistency.
Sanitation workers will scan the QR codes on devices provided by the GVMC on a daily basis which will make an entry into the online database of the civic body. The data thus collected will be used by GVMC to track the extent of work done on a daily basis. Officials expect that this will stop sanitation workers skip houses.
These tags have already been affixed in nearly three lakh houses in the city. The remaining houses are also expected to be covered in the next few days.
Speaking to TOI, Dr KSLG Sastry, the chief medical officer of GVMC said that the QR code-based household waste management system is being implemented on a pilot basis at present. “This (the system) will be replicated in all parts of the city in the next few days,” he said.
Dr Sastry further said that this will enable the GVMC to monitor door-to-door garbage collection. “The QR code tags are also being affixed to dustbins to monitor waste collection and disposal. We have taken these initiatives at the directions of GVMC commissioner G Srijana,” the chief medical officer added.
According to Dr Sastry, the civic body is focussed on implementing segregation at source at the moment. “We have been creating awareness among the public on the importance of sorting and segregating waste before it enters the municipal solid waste system. The full potential of this can be tapped only through appropriate segregation at source,” he added.
The chief medical officer said that the civic body plans to reach out to nearly four lakh people in the city and that it is making use of the Swachhata App to address complaints from the public.
Meanwhile, the GVMC has also introduced a facial recognition-based attendance system for workers to check inconsistency.
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