KOLKATA: The ferry services of Kolkata Metropolitan area (KMA) is being brought under the real time location tracking system under the transport department app called Pathadisha. The app will provide real time arrival and departure time on commuters' mobile phones. Besides, the state transport department is also introducing smart card in the ferry system for which metro-railway type smart gates are being installed at ferry ghats of the city.The firsts of the smart-gates for checking the smart-card like metro railways are being installed at Howrah, Fairlie, Shipping Corporation, Babu Ghat. Three smart gates will be in each ghats, where vessel services areare run across the Hooghly by West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) and Hooghly Jalapath Paribahan Samabay Samity, a cooperative of private vessel operators' union.World Bank funded Pathadisha app, which has revolutionized the commuting across the city, aims to integrate different modes of transport like bus, tram, ferry and metro rail both through real time tracking of transport and common ticketing system -- smart card. The smart card will facilitate seamless movement of commuters from one mode to another, without standing in queues.Pathadisha's real time tracking of the vessels had trial run at Ganga Sagar, where the vessel system is complex and pilgrims were completely dependent on the system. Apart from providing exact time of ferry services, the river transit system will also get rid of wastes of paper tickets. WBTC officials also expect a jump in revenue because of plugging of revenue leakages.