HCL creates India’s First State- of- the-Art Border Check Post for Maharashtra Government

1. Client Brief
The client Maharashtra Border Check Post Network Limited (MBCPNL) was
awardedtheconcessionbytheGovernmentofMaharashtratoconstruct,operate
andmaintainallits22bordercheckpostsonthestateandnationalhighways.The
clientispromotedbyaconsortiumledbySadbhavEngineeringLimited.Thegroup
is engaged in the business of development of infrastructure facilities such as
canals,irrigations,roads,bridgeetc.
The Government of Maharashtra also appointed Maharashtra State Road
Development Corporation Ltd (MSRDC) as the project execution agency to
overseethisproject.
HCL Infosystems Deploys First Of Kind Border Check Post
Travel, Transportation & Logistics

2. ClientRequirements
More than 63 lakh goods and passenger
carriers cross the state of Maharashtra
annually. Following the guidelines of
Ministry of Transport in Highways, to ensure
smooth flow of traffic on all the roads with
minimum blockage, the state government
wanted to equip the BCPs with modern
basic amenities on Build, Operate and
Transfer model. The project entailed
thorough monitoring of all vehicles,
navigating visitors smoothly and efficiently,
reducing clearance time for commercial
vehicles and assisting the Sales Tax and
Excise Department in collecting revenue at
BCPs.
The client, Maharashtra Border Check Post
Network Limited, was hired for this project.
To fulfill this vision of the state government,
the client needed an IT partner who would
provide turnkey IT solutions in design,
supply, installation, automation, integration
and subsequent maintenance of the IT
infrastructure at the BCPs for the next
10years.
SolutionsOffered
The client shortlisted HCL Infosystems to
fulfill this technology vision. After a careful
study of the state government's
requirements, HCL offered the following
portfolioofsolutions-
Creation of Border Check Post (BCP)
application-Thisincluded
o Design, development, testing and
implementation of application
software
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o Data structure, database design and
interfacegatewaydesign
o Web-based waybill application for
traders, transporters, and citizens for
information and waybill data
submission
o Data interface for transferring
vehicular data to the relevant
departments
o Integration of application with
electronic/non-electronic devices like
Radio Frequency Detectors (RFID)
readers, Automatic Vehicle
Classification Counting (AVCC), Lane
Controller, Electronic Weigh Bridge,
printers, cameras, public address
system, barcode printer, boom
barrier, License Plate Reader, token
displaysystem,etc
The BCP application that was created had
functionalities like vehicle registration,
RFID issuance, departmental data
verification, temporary permit issuance,
transit pass issuance, asset management,
warehouse management, parking
management,helpdesketc.

3. Ÿ Supply, installation and commissioning
of infrastructure at BCPs and datacenter
Thisincluded-
o IT Hardware - desktops, server, storage,
backup devices, printers, scanners,
computer peripherals, UPS, access
controldevicesandhandhelddevices
o Enterprise management and other
utility software for video monitoring
andbackupmanagement
o Segregation of traffic on the basis of
weight, and weigh bridges on each lane
foranaccurateweightcheck
o Dedicated lane with x-ray scanners for
containerizedgood
o Office productivity suite on select
desktops
o Security solutions to protect the
applicationsanddataintegrity
o Anti-virussolutions
Ÿ Datacenter Infrastructure setup This
included arge display panel for video
viewing, air conditioners, UPS, access
control system, fire management system,
and network operation management
section
Ÿ Installation of Radio Frequency
Detectors (RFIDs) - This was done to
capture vehicle information. The data
generated by RFIDs, Video Cameras,
Weight ids was made available to the
Department of Transport, Sales Tax and
Excise for their usage. The same data was
simultaneously made available online at
the central controlling facility located in
Mumbaithrough VSATlink
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Ÿ Installation of state-of-the-art electronic
paymentandaccountingsystem
Ÿ Document Management System for
storing, sharing, scanning, version
control of various departmental
document
BusinessBenefits
HCL created a world-class infrastructure at
22 border check posts in Maharashtra. The
solutions deployed by HCL were the first of
its kind in India. In addition to this, the
project involved bringing three state
government bodies – The Department of
Transport,TheDepartmentofSalesTaxand
The Department of Excise who shared &
used a common ICT solution simul-
taneously for their respective functional
benefits.Theoverallbenefitswere
Increased revenue collection by
Rs.10,000Crores
Faster and extremely convenient vehicle
clearance time at the check posts
(average vehicle clearance time reduced
tolessthan75seconds)
This project helped the Department of
Transport prevent hawala transactions
by confirming the physical transit of
goods
Better planning, management and
strategic decision-making for all three
stategovernmentbodies
Information collected at the BCPs helped
in cross verifications in the form of
servicetaxreturnssubmittedbytraders
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