The Telangana government, which has been talking about partnering startups to roll out solutions for citizens, on June 20 announced that it will be joining hands with Hyderabad-based startup Banyan Nation to usher in efficiency in the area of waste management in the state.

“Telangana has been a pioneer in adopting these technologies…the platform that we have developed with Intel in the last five months is helping Warangal cut down costs right from collection, transportation to land filling of waste. Warangal, in fact, is the first city to have its waste flow information online and we plan to work towards rolling it out to other tier 2-3 cities in the state,” Banyan Nation founder and CEO Mani Vajipey said.

In its pilot project, currently in the beta stage in Warangal, the startup has deployed on-field bin sensors, GPS truck routers, landfill management toolkits, back-end visualization and analytic engines to monitor and synchronize waste management.

Banyan Nation has developed a modular system that can be customised to the requirements of different municipalities and third-party system integrators.

With the ministry of electronics and information technology’s (MeitY) recent proposal to integrate the Internet of Things (IoT) in waste management under the Smart City program, there is immense potential for sensor-enabled devices to transform waste disposal, Vajipey said.

Telangana IT department principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan pointed out that the state government agreed to partner with Banyan Nation as they there tackling an important issue of waste management and the issue is directly related to the social as well as economic wellbeing of society. This apart, the government agreed because its solutions are easy to operate and scalable, Ranjan added.

Source: Times of India