Initiative brought transparency and accountability
Gaurav Sidhu Khema Kheda
Sri Muktsar Sahib, June 20
Punjab Government led by Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, had started e-naksha portal with the objective of providing transparent and accountable administration to the people of the state. The e-naksha project is adopted by people and this has helped the people too.
Now all the Municipal councils of the district Sri Muktsar Sahib are accepting online applications to pass the Building plans and this does not require people to visit any of the office of government to avail this service.
Sharing information here today, the Executive Officer of Municipal council (MC) Sri Muktsar Sahib Vipan Goyal said that architects and engineers have registered on the portal and are actively participating in the process. Though Online Building Plan Approval System (OBPS) is facing some teething problems but professionals, applicants and even the ULBs staff is happy with the system as it has many advantages over manual system. Income of ULBs will also increase with the launch of OBPS due to the good response shown by the public.
Time and energy of applicant as well as architects is saved due to the ease of doing business on this portal. Applicants have availed services on their doorstep sitting in the comfort of their homes and offices as the total process takes place online starting from submission of file up to sanction. He said that in Sri Muktsar Sahib 47 such building plans were approved online.
Divulging more detail of the system, EO Of MC Malout Jagsir Singh Dhaliwal said that as per the default design of the system, it takes maximum 2 days by the scrutiny engine to scan the drawings and generate report. If the report is all clear, the file moves to the sanctioning authority through various levels and e-naksha gets cleared. It takes hardly 2-3 weeks time to get majority of the cases cleared due to strict timelines given to the staff for clearing the cases. He said that MC Malout has passed 34 and MC Giddarbaha has passed 10 building plans under new system so for.
Emphasizing upon the characteristics of the system further, Dhaliwal said that the system has brought in transparency and has considerably reduced corruption in the system. Once all the functionalities of the OBPS are made live, the applicant will be able to see the status of his file on his mobile phone dynamically through sms facility.
He also elaborated that the system has gained more efficiency in the recent past.
