(This article is an extension to the first article posted by
Siddharth about how technology was used in the Kimbera Slum mapping project and
UPS drivers for supply chain tracking. Following article quotes similar
examples from India.)
As we all know that the issue of solid waste management has
been a major concern for the government of Tamil Nadu and the corporation of Chennai
and is being published in Hindu for couple of weeks now.
In
today’s Times of India (page 5) I came across this article “Track emptying of garbage bins at click of mouse”. It’s
about automation of the solid waste collection system. It is being adopted in Kodambakkam, Teynampet and Adyar zones. The 4,180 bins in
47 wards of the three zones are being tagged through a Global Positioning
System (GPS). People can now keep a
track whether the garbage in their locality is collected regularly by tracking
it online. The drivers of compactors will click pictures of the cleared
bins and upload them on to a monitoring system. On, garbage bins that are not
cleared in the last 24 hours would be in red, while those cleared in the period
will be in green.
This system will help in efficiently
monitoring the Solid Waste Collection in the city soon after its
implementation.
The other example that I came across is that Dharavi Slum in Mumbai which
is Asia’s Biggest Slum has been mapped using GIS. GIS mapping has been implemented first time in
India as part of the Dharavi Redevelopment project. Each and every structure
and household in the 590 acre slum has been mapped. It would have been a tough
task indeed considering the congested nature of slums.
The
GIS-based biometric and socio-economic baseline survey will allow a user to- at
the click of a button-narrow down on a particular structure and get information
about its occupant with his/her picture, thumb impression, the family's
profession, earning capacity, religion etc. The system will help to take
appropriate decisions for redevelopment and also revenue generated from these
sources can be accounted.
2 comments:
I’m not sure how accurate a mapping of Dharavi would be. Quite a few of the structures there would be makeshift, so I think it would be safe to assume that there is a fair bit of breaking down and reconstructing involved. Far more than in a normal sub urban scenario, at the least. Unless the mapping is being updated at a reasonably high frequency, would it really be of any use?
Hey varun your point about the nature of structures is valid. But as far as I know about that place most of the houses are permanent though they are below living standards and in an extremely dilapidated state.
The mapping was done in 2009 along with a socio-economic survey. Thus this helped the government to plan for the redevelopment project.Only permanent residents of the slum will be included in this project. And people staying on the first floor extension of such shanties are not considered.
Though updating the database is very important , I do not know whether it is really implemented.
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