Wayanad (Kerala): In a heartening display of social responsibility, a Kochi-based user-interface software development company, has lent its expertise to streamline relief efforts for landslide survivors in Wayanad in Kerala.
Rajith Ramachandran, co-founder of Faircode Infotech, and his team have volunteered their services to create a robust inventory management system at the relief material collection centre set up at St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School.
The innovative solution has greatly eased the task of revenue officials, who were struggling to keep track of the pouring in relief materials.
With the new system in place, officials can now ensure timely and efficient distribution of aid to the affected families.
“We contacted the deputy Collector, Wayanad, on July 31 and she happily welcomed us. Our ERP software has made life easier for us,” Rajith said. “We have only taken the inventory vertical of the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software. Generally, it takes a few days for new people to understand and work on this. But the officials here are super smart, and they grabbed it instantly,” Rajith said.
The idea of the introduction of this software is to bring transparency to the entire relief material collection and distribution. “Now the public can check the details on our website and see what is in stock and what more is needed,” Rajith said. Rajith’s team of five members, along with 10 members from the revenue department, are entering data regarding each item received at the centre and also keying in details about the materials sent to each camp and community kitchen.
“There is an issue with people donating materials that we cannot stock and supply, like bread,” said Nakul R, another team member of Rajith.
“So, we request that the public, who want to lend a helping hand, check our website and understand what materials are running low in stock and donate those.”
As many as 138 people are missing following the massive landslides that hit this north Kerala district more than a week ago, according to the initial figures released by the local administration on Wednesday.
The draft list of 138 missing people was prepared based on ration cards and voter records of the disaster-hit areas, the district administration said in a release. “The list of missing people was prepared after collating the official records held by Gram Panchayat, ICDS, District Education Office, Labor Office, District Disaster Management Authority etc.,” it said.