To monitor the activities being done by various departments under Mission Tandarust Punjab, Deputy Commissioner Barnala Dharam Pal Gupta on Thursday launched an android mobile app here at District Administrative Complex. The mobile app has been designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) department Barnala.After the launch of app, DC Mr. Gupta informed that to make Punjab healthiest state with healthy people by taking care of its air quality, water quality and safe food and ensuring a good living environment, Punjab Government had launched mission ‘Tandarust (Healthy) Punjab’. He added that various departments, concerned with the health of residents, have been associated with this mission and activities were regularly being done in the district. He said that to monitor and review these activities, this android mobile app has been launched which would help to ensure transparent and corruption free administration.
Dharam Pal Gupta said that in this multi pronged campaign, the health, water supply and sanitation, local bodies, transport, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), agriculture and horticulture departments were playing crucial role.The DC stated that with the mission, not only the welfare schemes of government be percolated down to the ground level, albeit efforts were being done put an end to corrupt practices of adulteration of eatables, bring down pollution levels and make waters safe.Meanwhile, ADC Ms. Ruhi Dugg also issued directions to concerned departments to ensure that awareness would also be created at the community level to ensure that health becomes a habit with the people instead of just being a campaign.DIO Mr. Neeraj Garg also elaborated the working of the app to the representatives and officials of various departments. He said that the app would also reduce the paper work of the respective departments as now they could easily upload the required information from their mobile phones. He added that any authorized person could review the activities of mission Tandarust Punjab being done in Barnala district from any location.