Updated On: 12 October, 2022 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
The device, Gandhvedh, also records total volatile organic compound, humidity; will help set parameters for contractors

With its unique dashboard, chart views and mobile alerts, Gandhvedh provides information to monitoring officers
Public toilets and malodorous parts of the city’s biggest rail terminus—CSMT—have been fitted with smell sensors as part of an unprecedented experimental initiative during the Swachh Bharat campaign last month. The device will help railway officials to set parameters for contractors maintaining public toilets and monitor their cleanliness standards.
The idea is to eliminate the chronic odour problem at the station, which is used by eight to 10 lakh commuters every day. Two devices have been installed in the heavily used suburban lobby toilets and other places.