The New Indian Express 03.08.2010
Water board gets biometric device
BANGALORE: A biometric attendance system will keep a check on the employees of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB).
The BWSSB has already installed three biometric scanning devices at its head office in Cauvery Bhavan at the cost of Rs 2 lakh.
It plans to install such devices in all its offices in the city and connect them to the common server.
Attendance will be monitored from the central office.
BWSSB Chairman P B Ramamurthy said the system has been activated for
trial and all employees have been asked to place their fingers on the scanners as soon as they come to
office and before leaving the office.
The scanners have been programmed to stop registering fingerprints after a certain time and will start recording fingerprints only at the end of the day.
According to the estimates, the BWSSB will have to invest another Rs 1 lakh for the devices at its branches, which is more than 50 in the city.
“This will enable us to monitor the attendance of all our employees without going to the offices,” Ramamurthy said.
“Earlier, it was easy to manipulate the attendance registers and all this will stop now,” he said.
