India, July 17 -- LUCKNOW The UP government has deployed advanced technologies under the Integrated Mining Surveillance System (IMSS) to check illegal mining and transportation.

Mining activities are already being monitored through drones, geo-fencing, RFID tags and AI-powered check gates. Now, the state is set to introduce 'weigh-in-motion' (WIM) technology to accurately track vehicle overloading, promising faster operations and near-perfect accuracy.

The department of geology and mining has reinforced surveillance with multiple tech-driven interventions, including geo-fencing of mining zones, camera-equipped weighbridges and RFID tagging of transport vehicles. Additionally, 57 unmanned IoT and AI-based check gates have been installed ...