Corporation to help CMWSSB geo map city’s water, sewer facilities

As per the proposal, the civic body would help the water manager to geo-tag the manholes of underground sewers, valves, water tanks and taps on streets and facilities. After the mapping is completed, officials can figure out the status and details of facilities by clicking on the map.

“We are developing the GIS-based mapping technology to geo-tag all the facilities maintained by the Corporation such as street lights, manholes of stormwater drains, buildings and even trees to keep track of them. We will share our software with the Metrowater and electricity board,” a Corporation official said.

Explaining the geo-tagging method of mapping the civic facilities, the official said that a new application would contain details of the facilities, its photos, and geographic coordinates. 

“We have asked them to provide details of the facilities and we will map them with basic details. We are going to train the officials how to add further details and photos in the application and will start mapping the Metrowater facilities, we get the details,” the official added.