COVID-19: Mobile app to track home quarantined people in Chandigarh

Home quarantined people in Chandigarh will be tracked by a mobile app launched by union territory administration to ensure COVID-19 rms are being followed.

app -- CVD Tracker -- has been developed to identify and geo-fence specific areas around people placed under quarantine. It will be mandatory for people under quarantine to download application on ir mobile phones, an official said.

"Every quarantined user of app will be fenced within 50-metre radius of his place of quarantine and quarantined user will have to upload a selfie every hour. system will match ir quarantined location and location from where y uploaded selfie," official said.

If any quarantined app-user breaches geo-fence, administration will get an alert in control room and user will get a warning mess, official said, adding strict action in form of FIR under relevant provisions of law will be taken against violators.

administration's control room will be alerted even in case phone is turned off and penal action will be taken against user. A 24x7 control room with a dedicated team has been set up to monitor quarantined persons.

" number of quarantined people may increase in future and this app will make it easier for health and police departments to track quarantined people through ir GPS location. 

"Any lapse or unauthorized movement will be immediately alerted to both respective SDM, police as well as person concerned. Strict action will be taken against violators," said Sub Divisional Magistrate, Department of Information Techlogy, Nazuk Kumar. 

Im: Representational