Mobile App ‘Monitor’ for transformation of President’s Estate into a smart township
Q. A Mobile App ‘Monitor’ will be launched by the President of India for- Published on 20 May 16a. Monitoring children’s progress under various educational schemes
b. Helping teachers and parents monitor children’s attendance and progress
c. Monitoring environment and pollution
d. Transformation of President’s Estate into a smart township
ANSWER: Transformation of President’s Estate into a smart township
- The President of India will inaugurate an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) in Rashtrapati Bhavan and launch a Mobile App ‘Monitor’ for transformation of President’s Estate into a smart township.
- The “Monitor” mobile application is a Residents collaboration tool of the Intelligent Operation Center. This will help residents and domain (Energy, Water, Horticulture, Waste and Security) supervisors to collaborate in a smarter way for their observations.
- It will enable residents to report issues such as broken street lights, electricity failure, water wastage etc. and check resolution status using their mobile devices. This mobile application will allow residents to report these issues using their mobile devices in the Estate on a real time basis.
- These reported observations can be used to provide enough details such as location coordinates, address etc. to concerned departments. This will help the residents of the Estate become more socially responsible, aware and collaborative.