Today Vehicle tracking system is not just confined to the cargo and transportation industry, in fact, government departments are accepting the importance of telematics products like it was never before. Governments are using vehicle tracking systems for police departments for improving road safety and reaction time to reach to the crime scene and for civic operations for better functioning of their cities’ civic amenities. Modern vehicle tracking systems are small and easy to install on any type of vehicle and are coupled with an easy vehicle tracking software interface to operate and monitor vehicles in real-time.
Recently, Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started a project for installing GPS Vehicle Tracking System for its garbage collection to monitor the movement. The decision came ensuing the complaints of residents that garbage is not collected regularly. To monitor their vehicle movement BMC started a pilot project in 2012 in some parts of the city and now it has decided to implement it across the city. The project is proposed to get complete in two phase, in the first phase, all private contractors’ garbage collection vehicles will be covered under the project then subsequently BMC owned trucks will be equipped.
“We will now expand the project to other wards. In the pilot project, we faced technical glitches and identified gaps that need to be plugged. For example, data fed into the system kept fluctuating. It was not certain if this was a manual problem or a technical glitch. Now that we have a better understanding with several trial runs, we are expanding the software to all parts of the city,” said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Prakash Patil.
With a vehicle tracking system installed on collection trucks, BMC can monitor the real-time movement of trucks on a designated route and it will ensure that collection is done regularly, the time taken to reach different points of collection, and the time it takes to load and unload the garbage.
There are more such advantages of Vehicle Tracking Software products and fleet management software that plays and indispensable role in ensuring safe and convenient living.
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