KSPCB app and GPS trackers to be launched today

Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday, January 19 evening will launch a Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) a mobile app that will give a real-time monitoring system to ensure proper discharge of effluents from small industries to Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in the city.

The KSPCB will also launch GPS trackers which will be fixed onto tankers bringing effluents from factories for better tracking.

According to KSPCB, the app is developed to put all relevant information out in the public domain. It will be available on Google Play Store, the official said.

“This will allow the public and staffers to interact with us,” the official added.