KARACHI: E-govt aimed at curbing corruption, says Kamal
KARACHI, March 31: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the process of the CDGK and its subordinate departments’ conversion to e-government has been initiated and computerized system is being introduced at UC level at a cost of Rs10 million.
“We are taking steps for establishing a coordinated and best possible linkage between civic organisations and people through the use of technology,” he said while addressing a ceremony held on Friday at the Civic Centre in connection with the handing over of computers to 90 UCs.
Mr Kamal said that speedy communication would provide citizens with access to information about all civic activities through their own computers while complaints regarding water, sewerage, sanitation, and even against civic bodies, could be lodged online within no time.
He said people could personally monitor the action that would be taken on their complaints.
The introduction of computer system in UCs would help them keep a proper record of birth and death, the nazim said, adding that it was for the first time in the city’s history that civic organisations were being computerised from top to bottom.
In the first phase, all towns and 90 UCs are being given computers and the remaining UCs will get the same in the second phase, by April 20 this year after which the city government, towns and UCs will stand connected with each other through computer network.
“This is the practical shape of our announcement some time back that corruption will be curbed and employees’ capabilities will be enhanced through technology. This shows that we believe in practical steps and reality,” the city nazim said.
He pointed out that today, corruption was being controlled around the world through technology. Therefore, he added, steps had been initiated to make the CDGK an e-government.
Referring to the computerisation of the land department records, he pointed out that prior to this process, a plot would have showed many ownerships causing problems to its actual owner. But now, due to the computerisation of the record, right of the genuine owner is protected.
No attention had been paid to this problem as the authorities in the past believed in cosmetic working. “The Haq Parast leadership believes in concrete action to make people’s life comfortable,” he said.
HERITAGE: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, making a pledge that the precious cultural heritage of Karachi will be preserved, said that the city government was taking steps to repair, maintain and renovate the historical buildings and structures in the city.
Talking to citizens while inspecting the repair and renovation work at the Kothari Parade in Clifton and Empress Market in Saddar late Thursday, he said, “these old buildings are the part of our history and could not be left unattended to get decayed and vanished.”
