AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel had launched a vehicle location tracking system (VLTS) on June 5 to prevent environmental pollution due to hazardous industrial wastes. Industrial units would generate hazardous waste manifest system to treat and dispose the waste but now it will be done through the VLTS.
Vehicles carrying industrial waste will be tracked through global positioning system (GPS). Currently, 700 trucks in Gujarat are equipped with this AIS 140 compliant GPS system of which, real time monitoring of 377 trucks has begun. In the coming days, remaining vehicles too will be tracked through VLTS system. At present, 600 trucks dispose of hazardous waste daily.