MAPPING AND SURVIELLANCE OF SAND MINING USING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sand mining is a practice that is used to extract sand in an open pit which is used for manufacturing concrete. Sand mafia is making millions through illegal and legal exports of minerals. The indiscriminate mining leads to insufficient ground water and hence the agriculture is yet to decline. The unregulated sand mining is in process now a days. To avoid this the government has implemented vehicle tracking system along with the trip sheet in the carrier. This system fails to check the load of the sand taken. Thus, large amount of sand is excavated in a single truck. To overcome this above discrepancy, The National Green Tribunal (NGT) 2010 environmental protection act was introduced to provide effective disposal of cases related to sand mafia. As an extension of this surveillance IR level, weight and humidity sensors are used. The IR level sensors are used to map the ground and excavation done below the permitted level is alerted or alarmed. Similarly, weight and humidity sensors are used to observe the weight and humidity level.The above information gathered is monitored by the deciding authority or to the NGT. This project circles around the rescuing of river beds from sand mafia under the NGT2010 environmental protection act using sensor technology.In addition,RF transmitter and receiver helps in vehicle identification and detection.

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