BLAZE Automation IIIT Hyderabad Geotagging for APSHCL 2012

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Sridhar Ponugupati IIIT Hyderabad (
Consultant ) BLAZE AUTOMATION
A Presentation on Technology incorporation for
INDIRAMMA Housing project Implementation and
Monitoring ICT for timely
implementation of Govt. Initiatives
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Presentation Agenda

• INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview
• Governments Objectives of the Scheme
• Bottlenecks in implementation
• Need of the Hour Solution overview
• Outcomes of the Proposed Solution
• Stake holders and Financials / Budget
• Conclusion

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INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview
Andhra Pradesh stands FIRST in India for enabling
Weaker sections to build PUCCA houses
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INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview

• We stand Number one in World for providing Grants
  for construction largest number of houses
  (Around 10 million) constructed under this scheme
  in past 5 years

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Socio- Economic Benefits of INDIRAMMA housing
Scheme

• Shelter from Flood and other calamities to over
  30.0 Lakh people every year.
• Improvement of Risk appetite for Disasters
• Improvement of Health to over 10.0 Lakh families
  every year.
• Improvement in Literacy rate with adoption of
  Electricity, Lighting and other amenities.

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Governments Objectives of the Scheme

• Housing is one of the programmes identified under
  INDIRAMMA. The goal of shelter for all in the
  State is planned to be achieved in a phased
  manner over a period of 3 years.
• Coverage
• Mandal / Municipality is the unit. All villages
  in the Mandal and Municipal wards in the
  Municipality are divided into 3 parts.
• Survey completed in all GPs and Municipal wards
  sanction accorded for all eligible poor under
  INDIRAMMA programme

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Bottlenecks in implementation
Observations of APSHCL

• Delay in Payments to the Beneficiaries
• gt Sampled few Beneficiaries in AP ( max 6
  months delay )
• gt Delay in inspections by the Officers
  (around 3 4 months)
• gt Delay for PRO generation (1 2 months)
• gt Delay caused by Bankers (5.0 Lakh P.O
  accounts and 5.0 Lakh Grameena Banks ) around
  1 month.
• Difficulty to manage Funds
• gt No definitive mapping of the site with
  Beneficiary details.
• gt Photo Duplication is a common
  observation
• gt Duplication of Claims and Beneficiaries
  due to lack of monitoring mechanisms
• gt Pressure on the Employees for violating
  / ignoring rules

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Reasons for Delay in payments

• Under performance of the Corporation
• due to present Organization Structure
• gt In many Cases DEE is supposed to visit the
  Site from Basement Level till the Roof Completion
  level
• gt Work Inspectors constituting the largest
  staff count does not have much active role to
  play
• gt Vacancies in various districts more than
  45 vacancies as on today.

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Suggestions of APSHCL

• Re- organization of the Structure
• Efficiently utilize the WIs for improved
  Throughput and reduced burden on other officers.
• Filling up Vacancies / Outsourcing job work
• Technology Incorporation for improvement in the
  performance of APSHCL.

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Need of the Hour solution overview

• An ICT solution Aiming at
• 1. Reduction of delay in Inspections and
  Payments to 30 days.
• 2. Suppression of Fund misuse by Geo-tagging of
  the Beneficiaries houses.
• 3. Bringing in more accountability and
  Transparency among all the stake holders.
• 4. Usage of ICT for Fool proof and cost
  effective Implementation and monitoring of the
  project.

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Flow chart of the proposed solution
Step 1
Step 3
Step 4
Step 2
Goal
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How does SMS System Work?
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CONSTRUCTION UPDATIONSTAGE-WISE USING SMS
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Format of SMS and Decoding

• 08 1211 305 P2 1315780- 2

Construction stage Finished BL Level Finished
Scheme Code Indiramma Phase II
Benificiary ID AMMANABROLU AVULAKKA/KOTAIAH Age
45 Gender Female Caste BC
Panchayat Code Mareddypalli vill
Mandal/ Municipality Code Darsi Mandal
District Code Prakasham Dist
SMS for various stages will be made available in
laminated card with Beneficiary ID and
photograph. 081211305P21315780-1 BBL Level
SMS 081211305P21315780-2 BL level SMS
081211305P21315780-3 RL level SMS
081211305P21315780-4 RC level SMS
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SMS Gateway System Architecture
Benificiary sends SMS "040555411P3566238 BBL"
to 512512
Serial Wireless Connectivity Module uses SIM
card
Beneficiary sends SMS With Beneficiary id Stage
Receives SMS with Stage
AE
Sends SMS with date Of inspection
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Beneficiary Using SMS APPLICATION
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SMS Received District-wise Report
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Beneficiary-wise Report
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STEP 1
Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs
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STEP 2
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STEP 3 - STEP 4
Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs
Decision making and PRO generation by DEE
Finance dept orders for Fund transfer to
Beneficiaries Online
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Completion of the Payment Cycle in 30 Days
SMS from the Beneficiary for claiming towards the
project
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Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs
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Payment to the Beneficiary
Decision making and PRO generation by DEE
SMS notification about the fund transfer to the
beneficiary
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Outcomes of the Proposed Solution

• Geo Tagging helps reduction of Fraudulent Claims.
• Increased work efficiency reduces the Query
  processing time to 30 Days (Request to Release of
  Funds).
• Field officer (AE / WI) can complete the
  inspection of 30 40 houses a day.
• Solution cost will be around 35 40 Rupee per
  visit of the WI / AE.

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Stake holders and Financials / Budget

• Technology Provider IIIT Hyderabad (Lab for
  Spatial Informatics)
• Network Provider To be finalized in
  co-ordination with IIIT aiming at good coverage
  in the state of AP.
• Tablet PC / Mobile phones To be finalized
• SMS server and Data Centre - CGG
• Cost per photograph including the Technology,
  Solution and Maintenance of service staff for
  handling the solution 35 40 Rupee per
  Photograph.
• Note The cost per photograph is valid if the
  solution is used for 24 Lakh houses.

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Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar
Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude and
Longitude information.
Geo Tagged Houses at Different Construction
stages represented by various colors
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Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar
Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude and
Longitute information.
Photograph of the latest stage of the constriction
Details of the Beneficiary along with the Fund
release information
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Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar
House still not started state
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Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar
House with Roof Completed Stage
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Benefits of Geo Tagging

• Geo tagging Application enables the WIs and
  AEs to take the photograph only at the first
  defined Location.
• Size of the House will be automatically recorded.
• No possibility to Upload Fake photographs as the
  Tablet / Mobile Device will not allow for this.
• Automated work assignment to all the Officers
  will bring in more responsibility and
  accountability.
• Monitoring facility from Anywhere by Anybody who
  is authorized.

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Solution Extension possibilities

• This Solution can enable APSHCL to Geo map
  already constructed houses under various schemes.
• Mapping can also be done for the properties of
  the Housing department.
• This solution can also be extended as a service
  to Revenue department in mapping the property
• And many more possibilities.

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Conclusions

• Effective Project Management using latest ICT
  can definitely lead to the successful execution
  of INDIRAMMA Housing project.
• Reduces the delays in Payments and can
  effectively service the requests well under 30
  days.

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