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Private Transporter
Private Contract nder the ambit of “Vehicle Location
UTracking System (VLTS)”; all the
Vehicle Mounted with Internet Industries Producing vehicles of Gujarat State carrying haz-
AIS 140 GPS Device Hazardous Waste ardous waste are going to be covered in
TCP/IP
coming months. However, it is planned
to implement it in a phased manner
starting with common facilities for the
TCP/IP Gujrat State Data Centre smooth roll out of the system. NIC has
not only developed this system but also
GPCB-VLTS XGN conceptualized related all the activities
https://gpcbvist.gujarat.gov.in/ https://gpcb.gujarat.gov.in/ viz. vehicle registration, data transmis-
• Create route for Particular trip Extended Green Node (XGN) sion – analysis – storage – its retrieval,
vehicle carrying hazardous waste having Hazardous Waste
(e-Manifest) e-Manifest System Module shooting alert message etc. as well as its
Web API • Real-time tracking of Vehicle on Map Web API continuous maintenance. NIC has proved
• Alerts Data a technological partner that has made it
• Trip History Share Database possible to materialize the idea of GPCB
• VLTD Dashboard Email & SMS that has resulted into such a novel sys-
• MIS Report Gateway
tem. The system helps real-time moni-
toring of the hazardous waste movement
Fig 8.1 Software Architecture for fulfilling “cradle
to grave” approach
VLTS portal for real time tracking • MS SQL Server 2019 Ent and thereby has fur-
• Shows the live status of the ignition and speed • Google Map Service Purchased by GPCB ther strengthened
of the vehicle on the dashboard • Daily 600+ trips monitored by GPCB the overall efforts
of GPCB in environ-
• Live tracking is available to the GPCB control • ment preservation.
AIS 140 Compliant GPS Device sending data di-
room, Sender, Receiver and the concerned GPCB rectly to XGN-VLTS Server
Regional Office
• One can re-play the entire trip history of a spe- Innovations Applied
cific trip or for a chunk of specific period of time GPCB-VLTS listener is directly receiving Trans- D. M. THAKER
of the trip mission Control Protocol (TCP) packets sent by GPS
• Alerts on portal as and when the vehicle is di- AIS 140 device on the TCP/IP port of the VLTS. The Member Secretary
Gujarat Pollution Control Board
verted from their defined route. Also a SMS will servers are hosted at Gujarat State Data Centre.
be send to concern Regional Office, Sender and Benefits and the same has been jointly received by offi-
Receiver • Real-time location tracking of vehicle carrying cial staffs of GPCB, NIC Gujarat & Uttarakhand in
• Alerts to the concerned stakeholder when the hazardous waste a ceremony held at New Delhi on 27th May 2023.
trip is halted for too much time • Alerts in case of route deviation, unexpected Way Forward
• Allows searching of vehicle on dashboard by delay, too much halt, no logical end of the trip
In the near future, the implementation of the
vehicle registration number OR by Manifest ID or etc. GPCB-VLTS will progress through several import-
by Sender or Receiver • ant steps. First, there will be a focus on finalizing
• Role Based Access • Hazardous waste inventory is strengthened the Action Framework for addressing violations
Availability of the precise data
Technologies Used • Irregular trips are easily detected (without within the VLTS. Additionally, efforts will be made
to strengthen the capacities of relevant stake-
• 2 Web Server ( 16 GB 4 core each one) e-Manifest) holders involved in the transportation of hazard-
• 1 For socket application Accolades ous waste. Furthermore, vulnerable hot-spots will
• 1 For VLTS web Application GPCB-VLTS has been honored by the SKOCH be geofenced to provide heightened protection.
Lastly, comprehensive analytics will be applied to
• 1 DB Server ( Windows 2022 ) – 12 core, 32 GB GOLD award under the environment category various alerts generated by the VLTS. These col-
lective measures aim to improve the efficiency
of the VLTS, facilitate better management of haz-
ardous waste transportation, ensure compliance
with regulations, minimize environmental risks,
and safeguard public health and safety.

Contact for more details
Pramod Kumar Singh
Dy. Director General & SIO
NIC, Block-13, 2nd Floor, New Sachivalaya
Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382010
Fig 8.2 : Alert of Deviation of route Email: sio-guj@nic.in, Phone: 079-23223035

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