Cloud-based automatic irrigation system at city airport

: A cloud-based automatic irrigation system was on Tuesday installed near the city airport which was being operated by the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL).

The cloud-based 'irrigation management and monitoring software' was to monitor and control the automatic irrigation system across the 80-acre landscape spread along the 8.4-km stretch of the approach road leading to the airport, a press release from GHIAL said.

"The GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport has become the first airport in the country to induct a cloud-based central irrigation control system using an irrigation management and monitoring software mechanism to control the intricate the automatic irrigation system," it said.

The control of the system was precise and timely, enabling the airport to save water upto 35 per cent over the conventional mode of irrigation system, it said.

CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd SGK Kishore said, "...the implementation of a cloud-based technology for our automatic irrigation system is a strategic move to further conserve water."