The RFID move comes right after CR started an SMS facility (58888) and a website wwww.cleanmycoach.com to take care of unscheduled demand of cleaning by passengers in running trains.
The chances of your trains being cleaner than what it is at present has just got brighter. Making use of technology to ensure the people deployed to clean your train have done the needful, the Mumbai division of Central Railway has become the first railway zone in the country to employ Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags for the purpose.
While the old system was a manual one where the housekeeper- in-charge of cleaning the train- would sign a register to emphasis that the scheduled evening and morning routine had been completed, the new RFID system calls for the housekeeper to 'sense-'read' the RFID tag with the help of a portable electronic handheld device which will record the sensing time of tag.
"On completion of the train's trip, the report of the data downloaded from the handheld device will confirm if each of the compartments was attended twice a day for scheduled cleaning. This system will also enforce the visible presence of housekeeper to the travelling passengers as the RFID tag is fixed in the passenger’s sitting area itself near mirrors. RFID sensing system will be a major step in achieving assured service delivery," said a CR spokesperson.
The RFID based mechanism to ensure scheduled cleaning has already been started on train no. 12133/12134 Mumbai-Mangalore Express, 12137/12138 Mumbai-Ferozpur Punjab Mail, 12163/12164 Dadar-Chennai Egmore Express and 11019/11020 Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar Konark Express.
"Now, the beginning of RFID based monitoring mechanism will mark paradigm shift in the way the cleanliness of running trains were being managed so far. Such systems are classic examples of exploiting the potential of IT tools and will be milestones in honouring the government’s commitment of Swachh Bharat," said the spokesperson.
The RFID move comes right after CR started an SMS facility (58888) and a website wwww.cleanmycoach.com to take care of unscheduled demand of cleaning by passengers in running trains.
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