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GPS to monitor bio-med waste disposal

IANS | By, Mumbai
May 25, 2010 01:47 AM IST

All vehicles carrying hazardous bio-medical waste for disposal in Maharashtra will be monitored with global positioning system devices fitted on them, a pollution board official said.

All vehicles carrying hazardous bio-medical waste for disposal in Maharashtra will be monitored with global positioning system (GPS) devices fitted on them, a pollution board official said.

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The system has been designed and implemented for the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) by TATA AutoComp Mobility Telematics. MPCB is the first state-level pollution control authority in India to use the sophisticated tracking device to check proper collection and disposal of bio-medical wastes to prevent environmental damage and health hazards, the official claimed.

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MPCB has fitted the GPS devices on more than 140 of its trucks to trace their movements online from a control centre.
The system enables monitoring vehicles’ movements on real-time basis and calculate the number of trips of particular vehicles from pick-up source to dumping sites, said TATA ACMT CEO Milind Dalal.

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