EasyM2M Technologies has tied up with ECL to introduce underground WiFi in its mines
Economic Times, 18th June 2015
BENGALURU: Shankrutiya Hamadar works for eight hours every day four kilometres deep in the underground coal mines in Asansol in West Bengal. The 44-year-old father of two is one among the 4,000 miners at the Eastern Coal Fields (ECL), a coal producer that owns 105 coal mines in the country, the majority of which lie in West Bengal and parts of Jharkhand.
Knowing very well that this is, undeniably, one of the most dangerou ..
Knowing very well that this is, undeniably, one of the most dangerou ..
Knowing very well that this is, undeniably, one of the most dangerous professions, Hamadar, like many others in his field, resorted to mining for a promised salary and lack of other employment options. In his 13 years of experience as a miner, Hamadar has witnessed freak accidents that have led to fatalities. Once, the rooftop of the mine he worked in collapsed, instantly killing one and crippling several co-workers. "One miner dies every third day. A lot of time is lost in miners trying to communicate to the surface during an accident, emergency, or even for quick advice on how to fix a machine," said Priya Ranjan Kumar, founder of Bengaluru-based EasyM2M Technologies. It has tied up with ECL, to introduce underground WiFi to its mines and wrist phones to its miners to enable realtime tracking and two-way communication for miners.
Mines in India, both underground and opencast, generally have just one phone or an intercom device for miners to communicate with the monitoring and control rooms at the surface. But such systems barely work and are not very dependable, said Kumar. Kumar and his team built wireless mesh networks to provide internet at all times to support the features of iWristPhone. Apart from WiFi and bluetooth, the wearable has a gravity sensor that can detect miners falling and being trapped, can monitor and record their GPS coordinates every minute and has a three megapixel camera for video calls. It can also measure heart rate and blood pressure.
The mobile application will record the data and can be used by those on the surface to communicate with the miners. Wireless mesh networks cost one-third the installation cost of regular WiFi networks, and eliminate the traditional coal mine monitoring systems that are wired network systems.
"Often, miners are trapped for hours when a hazard takes place. They could Skype with doctors and get on-demand medical advice when there is no way out. Video calls can be made to the rescue teams within minutes, something that would otherwise take hours," said Kumar, whose company is part of Nasscom's 10,000 startups and TiE, and an incubatee at the International Institute of Information
Technology Technology (IIITB).
BENGALURU: Shankrutiya Hamadar works for eight hours every day four kilometres deep in the underground coal mines in Asansol in West Bengal. The 44-year-old father of two is one among the 4,000 miners at the Eastern Coal Fields (ECL), a coal producer that owns 105 coal mines in the country, the majority of which lie in West Bengal and parts of Jharkhand.
Knowing very well that this is, undeniably, one of the most dangerous professions, Hamadar, like many others in his field, resorted ..
Knowing very well that this is, undeniably, one of the most dangerous professions, Hamadar, like many others in his field, resorted ..
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