More Kochi Corporation services to go online, says Mayor
The Hindu
‘Building tax may be paid online in another six months’
The Kochi Corporation had set in motion a project for the online delivery of its services, with birth, death, and marriage certificates being made available online from September 7, Mayor M. Anilkumar said here on Friday.
This follows the State government sanctioning registration of birth, death and marriage in the Sevana software of Information Kerala Mission (IKM). All hospitals under the Corporation’s jurisdiction have installed the software for the purpose. Data from the software of TCS, which was awarded the contract in 2011 for implementing e-governance in the civic agency, is expected to be ported to the new software.
In addition, Kochiites will be able to pay tax for buildings online in another six months through IKM’s Sanjaya software. Relevant data is being uploaded into the system. A payment gateway system with a choice of 36 banks will be readied. Ownership certificate too will be made available online. Building permit applications have begun to be accepted online from September 15, through the intelligent building management system. Sixty-seven permits were thus issued, said the Mayor.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.