MoPSW launches SagarSamriddhi, online dredging monitoring system

On June 9, 2023, the union minister of ports, shipping and waterways ( MoPSW) launched SagarSamriddhi, an online dredging monitoring system. This was launched accelerate the ministry’s the “waste to wealth” initiative. It has been developed by the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts, which is the technological arm of the MoPSW. It will bring in synergy between multiple input reports such as the daily dredging reports and the pre- and post-dredging survey data, before processing and producing a real-time dredging report. Moreover, the system will allow daily and monthly progress visualisation, dredger performance and downtime monitoring, and easy location tracking data with snapshots of loading, unloading and idle time.