In a unique way to keep track of the individuals who are home quarantined, Munish Mudgal and the team have come with an app to keep track of these individuals to ensure they don’t run away.
Karnataka cadre IAS Officer Munish Mudgal, Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Administrative reforms made a mobile application that will enable authorities to track individuals who are quarantined.
Quarantine Watch Mobile App by Govt of Karnataka developed hands-on by Munish Moudgil IAS &team. https://t.co/V3VKXbQd3F
All Primary&Secondary Contacts in Home Quarantine to send their selfie to Govt every 30 minutes frm home. Selfie contains GPS coordinates. So location known. pic.twitter.com/XSEIAB9GSi— D Roopa IPS (@D_Roopa_IPS) March 31, 2020
This application will automatically geotag individuals who upload their photos on the application and reveal their exact location.
Following this development, the Government of Karnataka has issued an order asking all those quarantined to click selfies of themselves during the process of quarantine and send it through the app every hour. This will help authorities maintain the quarantine.
They need not send it from 10-7 am during the time of sleeping.
The failure to send a selfie or manipulation will result in the offender being sent to the state government’s quarantine facilities.