SIA-India has reportedly urged the government to leverage satcom industry’s capabilities in availing real-time communication for the essential supply chain for Covid-19.
To this end, SIA-India has written to the minister of health and family welfare stating that the space technology makes it possible to track convoys’ routes and to schedule alerts in the events of mishap, thus enabling drivers to react on time.
It has also urged the government to speedily implement the use of satellite-based asset tracking systems.