Getting more out of ore: How Odisha used a software to stop illegal mining

Thanks to a software to track the mining process end to end

Sitting in his office in Bhubaneswar, Deepak Mohanty, director of mines in the Odisha government, is tracking every single gram of ore mined in the state. A single dashboard installed in his office allows him to check the production, dispatch and movement of minerals in real time across the state. The wonder device is part of Odisha’s Integrated Mines and Mineral Management System (i3MS), which is a GPS and Internet-of-Things-backed software framework. 

Mohanty and his team are using i3MS to catch errant miners who have abused the system for years by mining more ore than they were permitted to. This