QR Code based house to house garbage collection begins at Mangaluru Smart City
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) has recently begun the implementation of its QR code-based Solid Waste Management System (SWMS), which is set to cover all the 60 wards of Mangaluru, in a phased manner. The first-of-its-kind system will increase the efficiency of solid waste management in the city's multi-fold, a press release stated.
The first phase of SWMS will cover 88,000 houses - so far 5,000 houses have been installed with the QR codes. The commissioning of QR codes for the rest of the houses is expected to be completed by the end of November.
The smart garbage collection system will help the City Corporation track the movement of the garbage vehicles, monitor the status of the garbage collection, provide provisions for the public to record complaints about garbage collection. The door-to-door primary garbage vehicles will scan the QR codes displayed at the gates of the houses while collecting the garbage. The vehicles will then transfer the garbage to the secondary garbage vehicles and from there the garbage will be sent to the dumping yard.
The QR code installed at houses can also be extended for other public services such as payment of electricity bills, property tax, and phone bills, among others.
Mangaluru Smart City will be one of the first smart cities in Karnataka to go live. Many major IoT and technology-enabled solutions like monitoring city bus transport with Intelligent Transport Management System, disaster management & emergency response, air quality of the city using environmental sensors, city surveillance, variable message system; public address system, geographical information system, and One-Touch Mangaluru portal are already deployed and are functioning 24x7. The Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) of Mangaluru Smart City, a major component of the smart city project, is already being used as a war room for the administrators to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Karnataka to implement centralised ambulance management system for effective service
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government is set to implement a centralised ambulance management system under the unified emergency helpline number '112', Medical Education & Skill Development Minister Sharanprakash Patil announced in the Legislative Council on Monday.
The minister said the new system is expected to be fully operational within three months, with technical integration currently in progress.
He said the government would directly take over the centralised management of all state ambulances under the '112' platform to ensure faster and more effective emergency healthcare delivery.
Patil said this in response to a question raised by MLC T N Javarayi Gowda during the question hour.
Further stating that recruitment of supporting staff for ambulance services would also be undertaken shortly, he assured the House that Karnataka's ambulance fleet meets the standards prescribed by the Central Government and that there is no shortage of ambulances in the state.
Noting that 1,715 ambulances are currently operational across the state, including 715 operated under the Arogya Kavacha programme and 1,000 managed directly by the state government, the minister said 262 additional ambulances will be procured to further strengthen emergency response capacity.
