Out of 32,400 trucks engaged in mineral transportation, 24,000 have already installed GPS. The remaining 8,400 will follow suit soon, said Steel & Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick.
The decision to install GPS in trucks carrying minerals in the state was taken at a meeting of the State Level Task Force under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi in November 2026 to prevent illegal transportation and smuggling of minerals.