Bhubaneswar: Govt of Odisha Housing and Urban Development Department today entered into three MoUs with different organisations at Kharvela Bhawan in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to transform the Urban Service Delivery System.
The three organisations which entered into a MoU are e-gov Foundation, Janagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy and Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation.
The E-gov foundation of Nandan Nilekani and Srikanth Nadhamuni will provide a full stack of municipal services applications, which include a feature-rich dashboard portal for all ULBs, Public Grievance Management System, Finance and Accounting; Property Tax Management Water and Sewerage system, Trade License system and one line building plan approval system. It will be easily accessible for citizens through web & mobile application. said an official.
While Janagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy of Ramesh and Swathi Ramanathan will undertake a transformative reform of property taxation in ULBs resulting in growth in revenue of ULBs and investment in better service and infrastructure.
The Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation represented by its chairman Dr. Ramachandran is an official partner of UNESCO will work for promotion of heritage based sustainable development.
Addressing the event Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed his commitment to function with the 5-T mantra to bring about visible transformation in the lives of people. The Chief Minister also said I am hopeful that these MoUs will be successful in providing transformative results in a time-bound manner to improve urban life.
Among others, Urban Minister Pratap Jena, Chairman OSDA Subrato Bagchi, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy, Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra, and other senior officers were present on the occasion.
