Fuel Monitoring System in Gariaband: Diesel Tracking from Rajim Paddy to Forest Roads

In Gariaband the three sensors share one price inside the ₹19,999 package, so the choice comes down to the vehicle. Begin with where the tank sits relative to the tracker, then look at what the tank is made of, and finally decide whether you mind replacing a sensor battery after some years. A paddy truck on the plains, a school van on link roads and a pickup in the forest villages may each end up with a different answer.

Omnicomm LLS-AF 4 is wired. It takes its power from the vehicle and sends its reading to the tracker along a cable, so there is no battery in it at all. Trucks on the Raipur run, with tanks bolted beside the chassis close to the cabin, are the easy case: the cable is short, the fitting is tidy and the sensor rarely needs attention afterwards.

Mercetech and Mielta Fantom are the wireless pair. Mercetech uses Bluetooth and an internal battery, which helps when the tank is a long way from the tracker, as on a minibus to Rajim or a long-bodied truck. Mielta Fantom uses Bluetooth 5.0, has its own battery, senses tilt and carries a steel flange suited to steel or plastic tanks; its settings are made through Mielta's mobile app. Pickups and tractors whose tanks are plastic, or whose owners would rather avoid cable runs, often lean that way.

For all three, the probe is pushed in from the top of the tank and cut to its depth, so the final model and the probe length are confirmed only after BearTech sees the tank or a sharp photograph of it. The two wireless sensors run on batteries that are consumables outside the warranty. If the listed model cannot be had, a comparable one may be supplied, and you will be told first.

The Chhura paddy truck. In November a truck carries paddy from Chhura villages to a rice mill near Raipur, waits half a day at the weighbridge and returns empty at night. The record shows the refill it took on the Raipur road, the hours of idling at the mill gate and the litres used on each leg. The owner can then tell queue time from road time in diesel terms, and see quickly when one round costs more than the others.

The forest-produce pickup. In summer a pickup leaves Mainpur at dawn to collect mahua from several forest-edge villages, stopping often on climbing roads. Its fuel graph slopes down steeply on the climbs and flattens at each halt. Over a month, the owner sees what a typical collection round costs in diesel and can compare drivers on similar rounds without guessing. Where signal drops on hill stretches, the live view pauses and resumes when coverage returns.

The Rajim fair minibus. During the Maghi Punni fair, an operator sends a diesel minibus on repeated runs between Raipur and Rajim. Each trip's kilometres, halts and refills appear on the record. At the end of the fair weeks, the operator sets the refills against the pump slips and the trip count against the bookings, and closes the accounts with figures instead of estimates.

The village school van. A school in Gariaband town runs a diesel van to hamlets along rough link roads each morning and afternoon. The route barely changes, so its fuel use should stay steady. When the record shows it climbing, the school sends the van for a mechanical check before asking the driver anything. During vacations the van should rest, so any level change while it is parked stands out at once.

Many Gariaband operators run a mix: a couple of paddy trucks, a minibus or two and perhaps a school van on contract. More than one person ends up handling the fuel. Trakzee Premium lets the owner create extra user logins, each with its own password, so a manager and an accountant can open the same diesel records without the owner sharing the main account or being disturbed every time someone needs a figure.

The owner wants exceptions, not detail. A quick morning look at sharp falls and new refills, and a weekly glance at each vehicle against its own past weeks, is usually enough. Comparing the forest pickup with the plains truck tells him little, because their roads differ so much; comparing the pickup with itself last month tells him a great deal.

The manager handles the day. During the paddy rush or the Rajim fair weeks, he checks which vehicle has enough diesel for the next run and where each one stands. If an alert comes in at night, he sees the vehicle's location, calls the driver and leaves a short note for the owner. With fuel and position on one screen, he wastes fewer calls asking where everyone is.

The accountant matches paper to platform. Each refill carries a date, a time and a rise in litres, which can be ticked against pump slips each week. A slip with no matching rise, or a rise with no slip, goes on a list of questions. Monthly consumption and mileage reports by vehicle can be exported and filed with the bills, so all three people work from one set of figures.

A school van makes a good example because its days are so regular. On fitting day, the executive checks the van's diesel tank, makes an opening in its upper surface and lowers in a probe trimmed to the tank's depth, then seals it. The probe stays there permanently, standing in the fuel. A full tank covers most of its length; by evening, after the hamlet rounds, less of it is covered.

The probe converts that covered length into a level and sends it to the Teltonika FMB920 tracker in the van, by cable in the case of Omnicomm or by Bluetooth for Mercetech and Mielta Fantom. The tracker adds the van's location, speed and ignition status, and transmits everything through the Airtel data SIM to Trakzee Premium. Each reading is stored with the time at which it was sent.

On the school in-charge's phone, the van's diesel shows as litres and as a line through the day. Morning and afternoon rounds bring the line down in two gentle slopes. A refill at a Gariaband pump shows as a step up, with time and place. A sharp fall while the van is parked shows as a step down and raises an alert. Weekly and monthly consumption reports come from the same readings, and the web screen suits a school office that wants a larger view.

Calibration makes those litres trustworthy. During fitting, the executive matches the probe's output to known quantities in that specific tank. If the tank is later changed or welded, or the probe taken out for any reason, calibration has to be repeated. A call to BearTech before such work keeps the record honest from one term to the next.

A fuel monitoring system for Gariaband is fitted by a BearTech executive who travels from Bhopal, where the company has worked in vehicle tracking since 2014; BearTech has no team or branch in the district. The executive comes to wherever your vehicles stand, whether a yard in Rajim, a mill-side lot in Chhura or a depot in Gariaband town. The client pays travel and stay, and BearTech gives the amount before the order is confirmed.

Delivery takes about 2 working days, stock permitting. Pick a fitting date when the vehicle can stand still for the whole job, avoiding the peak paddy weeks if possible, and remember that monsoon causeways can delay travel to the southern villages. Have ready the vehicle with the top of its tank reachable, a reasonably clean tank, the tank photo sent at enquiry, the registration papers, and a person on site who knows the routes and who should get alerts.

On the day, the executive inspects the tank and decides the probe length, makes the opening in the upper surface, trims the probe to depth, then fixes and seals it. The FMB920 tracker is connected to the vehicle and paired with the sensor by cable or Bluetooth. Calibration ties the readings to real litres. Finally the vehicle is added to Trakzee Premium and the logins are set up and tested with you.

If you have several vehicles, gather them at one place so the travel bill covers a single trip. Full payment is collected at fitting, and for orders outside Bhopal a token-amount COD route is available. For bookings, call or WhatsApp 97526 44035; after fitting, the support line on 99937 84035 helps with logins and alerts.