Local Government Department To Ink Mou With Punjab Remote Sensing Centre : Navjot Singh Sidhu

Another Mou With E-Gov Company Of Nandan Nilekani To Be Signed Today (28 February)

5 Dariya News

Chandigarh 27-Feb-2018

“The Punjab Government under the farsighted leadership of the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh is totally committed towards going full throttle on the road to  prosperity by putting a stop to the revenue leakage, and eradicating corrupt practices. It is an article of faith with the Government to ensure transformation of Punjab into  an economic powerhouse of the country”. This was disclosed by the Local Government Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu here today at the Municipal Bhawan  while interacting with the media persons.Divulging more, Mr. Sidhu said that the Department of Local Bodies is soon going to sign an MoU with Punjab Remote Sensing  Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana to curb the illegal construction in Punjab. The MoU shall be initially for a period of five years.Elaborating more, the minister said that the  collaboration would result in the game changing benefits namely Satellite image based mapping (in GIS) of unauthorized colonies, Satellite image based mapping of  illegal construction, Updated property and asset mapping of all corporations, councils and bodies under its control, Development of Spatial Decision Support System  (SDSS) for effective decision making process, Periodic updates for monitoring of the developments of areas falling under Local bodies with comprehensive database  besides real time monitoring of the status of the construction activities in Punjab.

Listing out other futuristic endeavours, the minister said that the e-Governance concept occupies a special place in his scheme of things to ensure developmental  journey of the state. He also added that 67 services would be brought under the ambit of the e-Governance within this year and to give further impetus to this novel  concept, an MoU would be signed tomorrow with the e-Gov company of Mr. Nandan Nilekani.Mr. Sidhu further said the team from National Environmental Engineering  Research Institute (NEERI) is coming tomorrow to further the agenda outlined in an MoU signed earlier regarding cleaning of of 'Nallahs' (Drains) flowing in major cities  of the State. He also said that these ‘Nallahs’ would be turned into green belts.Replying to a question regarding the forensic audit of 4 big cities and 3 towns, Mr. Sidhu  said that the results of the audit would be out in 4 months timespan. On the occasion, Director Local Government Department Mr. Karnesh Sharma and Director Punjab  Remote Sensing Centre Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana Dr. Brijendra Pateriya were also present.