RFID tagging for waste collection soon

With the clogging of drain by the imprudent dumping of waste leading to frequent inundation of the nearby areas in the monsoon season, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is set to introduce radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging technology to ensure a strict monitoring on the clearance of garbage in its limit. During a recent visit to Ward 31 after a wall collapse, Municipal Commissioner M. Hari Narayanan said suitcase, bed and etc were found to have dumped into the drain in the area. The efforts to de-silt and clear the accumulated garbage and plastic in the tail-end areas would have been more effective, if the residents desisted from throwing garbage into drains, he pointed out.