KTR launches biometric attendance for sanitary workers

The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao on Tuesday launched the biometric attendance system for the sanitary workers of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.At the GHMC head office, the Minister formally launched the attendance system which has been introduced by the civic body to keep a check on possible irregularities of sanitary staff.

To address these irregularities, the biometric system was introduced covering all the



22,000 workers and initially it was being launched in circle 2, 9A and 14 B.The GHMC is utilising over 1,200 handheld scanners to scan the fingerprints of the workers hiring scanners on monthly charges of Rs 1,175 from a private company.

To avoid any duplication, a Sanitary Inspector will be entering the Aadhaar card and scan the fingerprint of the workers. After the fingerprint matches the Aadhaar details in the central server, attendance will get marked.