Bangalore, February 17, 2016: Water is the essence of life. But, for many urban residents, the lack of piped supply of potable water forces them to turn to the ubiquitous water tanker.
The expensive tanker water, irrespective of the water quality that is supplied to your doorstep, is the only way out of misery thus making the community hostage to urban nightmare of the water tanker mafia spreading its tentacles in every Indian city.
The problem amplifies in apartment complexes and shared communities as the water tanker driver and the security guard are the only ones who actually keep tab of the number of trips and the quantity of water unloaded in a register. Inflating the number of trips, quantity of water carried/unloaded is quite common and gives rise to a billing headache.
ApnaComplex, the apartment management platform which offers Gatekeeper, a community security solution and a Payment Tracking System, has launched its latest addition on the same platform – the Water Monitor.
“It is a simple but revolutionary step towards effective management of water unloaded by tankers. Once the steps are followed by using the platform on a tablet, the process of monitoring becomes accurate and has no chance of duplication,’’ says Raja Sekhar Kommu, Eukleia Technologies co-founder who has developed ApnaComplex.
All that the security guard has to do is click a photograph of the tanker entering the premises. As vendor, vehicle and its capacity details are pre-entered, relevant data is captured correctly and uploaded onto the system.
This data collected by the Water Monitor can also be used by societies for various purposes. Apart from efficiently monitoring the usage of water for different purposes, they can study usage patterns, determine demand on holidays and weekends, plug leakages as well as even test the quality of the water supplied.
“This level of digitisation simply makes life easier when dependent on the water tankers for the basics of life,’’ says Kommu.
Commercial complexes too can benefit by using the Water Monitor as in many cities, groundwater exploitation or sinking of borewells is not permitted by civic bodies in commercial complexes, thus forcing the tenants to depend on water tankers.
The Water Monitor application has also found takers in the construction industry where huge quantities of water is required when buildings are under construction. “The site engineers are under tremendous pressure already and with such an application, they can even save on costs,’’ says Kommu.
ApnaComplex helps management of residential and commercial complexes with its Collection Gateway in collaboration with Yes Bank that makes accounting easy. The company also offers Gatekeeper technology, a community security solution that regulates and authenticates visitors, on the same platform.
The Collection Gateway ensures there is no confusion as the payment is made towards a particular account number allotted to the unit owner. ApnaComplex package comes with a tie up with Yes Bank, India’s fastest growing private sector bank.
Gatekeeper- a community security solution authenticates visitors. Kommu says this software eliminates flaws in the system of how visitors are allowed entry. “Gatekeeper employs an innovative solution where once the visitor’s details are entered, it sends a verification code to that mobile number. Only after the visitor enters the code, the security person will allow entry. It’s a small technological step but a huge comforter,’’ says Kommu.
Gatekeeper also sends an SMS alert to the flat owner to expect a visitor. With regard to frequent visitors such as newspaper, milks vendors, drivers and maids, it can pre-populate their details and keep a tab on their entry and exits.
The most important aspect of Gatekeeper is its ability to run standalone without internet connection and sync up with the master database as and when internet connection is made available. Most societies do not offer an internet connection at the security gate as there is a potential for misuse.
ApnaComplex was selected by NASSCOM as one of ten products across India to be showcased in Product Launchpad Event in Nov’ 2010. Its an easy to use, innovative, comprehensive Apartment Management platform with a companion Android and iOS Mobile Apps that helps those vested with responsibility to save significant time and money.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
