Kochi Corporation takes inventory of e-governance works as on line services come to a halt
Months after Kochi Corporation’s e-governance offerings came to a standstill, the neighborhood body started the evaluation of works achieved with the aid of Tata Consultancy Services, the service issuer of the venture. Though round 14 online offerings were deliberate, only a few, like issuing beginning, death, and marriage certificates online, issuing a certificate of constructing permits, and change services online, had commenced to date.
A meeting was held on Wednesday with officials of Kochi Corporation, TCS, and Information Kerala Mission (IMK) to start the quantification works of the e-governance services that turned into supplied by TCS. “The Corporation will use the knowledge of Information Kerala Mission to quantify the works completed by way of the TCS to this point,” KP Vinayan, secretary of Kochi Corporation, informed TNM.
Despite being the biggest municipal employer in the nation, Kochi Corporation has no longer begun an efficient e-governance device for the town. The e-governance service, which changed into started in February 2018 after a long put off has no longer end up functional. And the most straightforward few services that have been supplied have also been stalled for the reason that previous couple of months. Kochi Corporation had earlier blamed TCS for the state of affairs.
The Corporation decided to quantify the works achieved to date by using the provider issuer since the nearby body had now not monitored the offerings of TCS to date. “The Corporation does no longer have an IT specialist to assess the works which were being executed via TCS. We will whole the quantification quickly and could build a brand new schedule via updating the older one,” said KP Vinayan.
The e-governance challenge turned into initiated in 2011 at a complete fee of approximately Rs nine crore. But with an awful lot put off, it turned into the handiest end up purposeful by way of 2018. While some services began, they became non-practical later.
Meanwhile, the neighborhood frame officials have sought permission from the authorities to restart the guide services until the online service turns practical. “We sought this permission from the government as our councilors have been elevating the issue severely in the council. We will try and put the web services again as soon as possible,” said the agency secretary.
The whole mission came to a standstill as the Corporation determined not to pay TCS anymore without finishing the entire paintings. Out of the Rs nine crore, the neighborhood frame has paid Rs 4 crore to TCS and determined now not to pay until similarly traits.
