Face-recognition tech, GPS for vehicles soon at KASEZ

In an attempt to bring down waiting time at entry gates and to prevent theft of goods, the Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ), country’s first SEZ, has decided to introduce face-recognition technology for people working in the zone as well as GPS tracking system for vehicles transporting goods.

Addressing a press conference, Amiya Chandra, development commissioner of KASEZ, said that around 27,000 people and 1,000 trucks move in and out of KASEZ through two gates of the zone every day. These people working in around 255 export-oriented units inside the zone are issued gatepasses, which are authenticated manually. Similar is the mode authentication of movement of goods carriages. But the manual process of authentication leads to long queues of people and vehicles at the entry gates, Chandra said.