District Administration Capital Complex (DACC)receives Northeast technology sabha award for GPS based sanitation management

| 26 Nov 2018 5:05 AM GMT

ITANAGAR: The District Administration Capital Complex (DACC) received North East technology shabha award in enterprise mobility category for GPS based sanitation management at Itanagar municipal council in a glittering event at Hotel Radiant blue, Guwahati on Nov 24.

The awards were received by Pinge Doji and Niraj Maheshwari on behalf of the District Administration Capital Complex. Highlighting about the GPS based Sanitation Management; the Deputy Commissioner Prince Dhawan informed that the Solid waste is one of the major problems in Indian cities.

For the capital city too it was a major problem as had been proved in the Swachch Survekshan of 2016 where the city was placed as the third dirtiest city. However, with efforts of District Administration and Itanagar Municipal council it soon improved its rankings by giant strides to reach the half way mark by ranking 216 out of 434 cities, informed the DC.

The DC further informed that the GPS based system is helping the civic body to track the vehicle and detect irregularities in solid waste collection. All the vehicles of IMC have been fitted with GPS devices enabling real time tracking, cost saving, efficient route management and bringing accountability in sanitation management. If the vehicle gives any residential colony or spot a miss, officers concerned at District Administration and Itanagar Municipal Council will get to know that without stepping out of office through system generated sms alerts.

Furthermore, Itanagar Municipal Council is employing machine learning technique on day to day data generated on waste collections from every ward in order to predict monthly or rather annual quantity of waste collection. This will help IMC in resource planning and effective management on processing waste management plants.

The DC sought cooperation of every individual for the success of the system and hoped that with untiring efforts of the District Administration and the IMC, the Capital Complex will soon reach newer heights to become one of the cleanest cities. The Nodal Officer Bittu Kri CO informed that with the aim of becoming one of the cleanest cities of the country the efforts and engagement have been expanding continuously under the adept stewardship of Prince Dhawan, DC Capital Complex and credit the success of the programme to his effort.

This is the second award for the GPS based sanitation management at Itanagar municipal council, earlier this project received skoch Order of merit award at 52nd skoch summit.