To provide 27 online citizens services in the city, the Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) has kicked off its ambitious e-governance project.
An agreement has been signed with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) by Chandigarh Smart City Limited for implementation of e-governance services. The completion time of the project is one year and it has been kicked off to minimize manual intervention, ensure transparency, 24x7 excess to online citizen services and public grievances by eliminating the need of visiting the Government offices.
KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, who is also Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Smart City Limited held a meeting here on Tuesday to hold discussion on e-governance project.
He said that the there will be a total of 27 e-governance services out of which major e-governance servicesincludes online building plan approvals, booking of community / banquet hall, online grievance management, e-horticulture services, online permissions & NOC, online water and sewerage connections, integration with property tax and integration with birth and death registration among others.
The citizens will be able to access these services through Chandigarh Smart City Limited Web-portal and mobile applications. Citizens can track the status of their applications anytime, anywhere, he said.
The Commissioner also advised that single point of contact persons should be appointed by each UT Department for enabling the data to the agency on priority and the same will be approved by the Head of Department concerned.
He further directed that a Steering Committee comprising of Additional Commissioners, Chief Architect, Officers from NIC and SPIC and Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh should be formed to monitor the progress as well as for approval of formulated plan by the agency M/s PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Regular meetings will be conducted in the office of Chandigarh Smart City Limited and Municipal Corporation overview the project. The completion time of the project is one year, he added.