Chennai: Civic technology firm Transerve Technologies which specialises in geo-spatial technology has joined hands with Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) for co-treatment of fecal sludge and septage at sewage treatment plants (STPs) and also stand-alone fecal sludge treatment plants (FSTPs) to support a cluster of urban local bodies in Tamilnadu.
IIHS, a statement said, is a lead partner of Technical Support Unit (TSU) which provides advisory support to various urban local bodies in Tamilnadu by implementing Fecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM).
Under this agreement, Transerve Technologies will develop a web and mobile based platform using Transerve Online Stack (TOS) to streamline the de-sludging process and will provide technical handholding to maintain and operate the system to IIHS and other state agencies/departments.
TOS Fecal Sludge Management has been designed to manage the stack of geospatial layers on web platform and analyse the data contained in layers.
In the initial stage, this portal/app will focus on bulk generators such as community toilets, institutions etc. which will be later expanded to households. This portal will work on GPS location in an API interface using data analytics to track the activity.
A citizen facing mobile interface shall be made public where the citizens will log requests to carry out de-sludging at their premises.