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An official spokesman said that the state government has already prepared the basic structure for the IT cadre and it would be finalising the same shortly.

Keeping in view that availability of IT manpower resources in the state for implementation of e-Governance solutions, Haryana Government has decided to set-up a state-wide IT Cadre of professionals.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the need of IT professions is felt to create a proper system and better execution of e-Governance.

Under e-payment service, the motor vehicle owners would be able to pay the quarterly road tax of their transport vehicles through the website of the department using their internet banking account.

The citizens depositing any fee or tax in the offices of Registering and Licensing Authorities for obtaining various services would be sent back an SMS acknowledging receipt of the amount, Haryana Transport Commissioner, Sumita Misra said.

Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has asked all its allottees to become part of the e-governance initiative launched in its Estate Offices so as to enable them to see details as well as status and make payment of their property online.

A HUDA spokesman said that allottees could collect their user ID as well as password for their plots from the Estate Offices’ single window. The information can be collected online at www.huda.gov.in. They can also register their mobile number on the portal and get the information through an SMS alert.

All units of Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) will soon come online and information about the actual position of a unit can be accessed with a single click.

Besides, biometric attendance system will be implemented at Hafed headquarters and CCTV cameras will be set up in all its establishments, an official spokesman said here today.

Setting an example of transparency in governance, all important documents of the panchayat are being uploaded on Facebook and made available on Whatsapp. And hold on, there is a proposal to make the village WiFi-enabled for free access of the Internet for the villagers. The village launched its own website, www.bibipur.com, in 2010.

This inference can be drawn from a recent review report of the portal (a copy of which is with TOI), according to which, out of a total of 7,224 complaints registered so far from across Haryana, only 1,462 have been redressed; and out of 200 grievances received from Gurgaon, only 2%, or 4, have been resolved.

The village Panchayats of Gurgaon will soon be made high-tech and computer savvy.

To make them e-enabled Panchayats, the Divisional Commissioner Dr D Suresh, in a programme organized in meeting hall of Mini Secretariat on Tuesday, distributed laptops to Gram Sachivs.

The nationwide lockdown due to Pendomic Covid-19 has initially thrown higher education in deep crisis but the universities and very many colleges in India have been able to adopt Online teaching from home.

It is all the more gratifying that the young students have found Online Classes both interesting and greatly satisfying, says eminent Academician Prof PB Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of Amity University Gurugram.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today asked state government officials to utilise Information Technology to ensure delivery of e-services to villagers in far flung areas.

Khattar was speaking at the inauguration of state level workshop on 'e-governance' organised at Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) in Gurgaon.

As governments shift to digital, the need to enhance the capacities of the government infrastructure and resources becomes imperative. The role of the State eGov Mission Team (SeMT) is to make government services accessible to the common man and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services. Elaborating on SeMT’s role in Haryana’s context, Munish Chandan, Head- SeMT, Government of Haryana addressed the Elets Digital Governance Summit, Haryana Edition.

The State e-Gov Mission Team (SeMT) is an integral part of the state and the team is from the Government of India. It is working to achieve the vision of cashless, paperless, faceless and secure governance.

Some of the areas proposed for the installation of cameras include Golf Course Extension Road, stretches between sectors 80 and 95, and Manesar

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority will install 1,000 new surveillance cameras at 200 locations across the city this year under the second phase of the smart city project, said officials on Monday.

Approximately 2,000 locations in Gurugram will be equipped with around 10,000 cameras to cover the entire road length of about 400 kilometers, according to GMDA

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is set to roll out the third phase of its extensive CCTV coverage project, aiming to install 10,000 CCTV cameras along 400 kilometers of the main road network under their jurisdiction, officials said. This phase seeks to enhance the safety and security of residents by providing comprehensive surveillance across the Millennium City, covering main road networks, public places, and community areas, they added.

With an aim to strengthen full-proof security here in Gurugram, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will install 10,000 smart cameras across the city in the third phase of the CCTV surveillance project, officials said.

Under this, 400 km of road will be covered and about Rs 422 crore will be spent on this project.

This proposal will be placed in the GMDA board meeting to be held under the chairmanship of the Haryana Chief Minister. It will be taken forward after the CM's approval.

The cameras under Phase 2 will feature advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and adaptive traffic management systems

To enhance surveillance and traffic monitoring, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has launched Phase 2 of its CCTV camera project which will see the addition of 2,722 cameras at 258 locations across the city and its outskirts, said officials aware of the matter. The move was cleared by the Haryana chief minister on June 2 during a high powered works purchase committee meeting in Chandigarh.

836 cameras functioning

• The number of cameras installed in the city was nearly 1,200 two years ago
• An official of the district administration said only 836 CCTVs are functioning
• The network is known as red light violation detection and is used to keep vigil in the city
• Several cameras were rendered non-functional due to poor maintenance, thefts and infrastructure projects such as the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

The project to install 1,500 CCTV cameras, which was launched in 2019-20, under the Smart City project in the city is nowhere near completion. The police have asked the authorities concerned to provide another 566 cameras for the project, which was launched to improve law and order in the city.

The infrared cameras will be fixed at 29 spots in the city, including five main chowks on NH-44

As many as 472 smart surveillance cameras will be installed in Karnal under the smart city project to monitor traffic movement and keep tabs on criminal activities. The infrared cameras will be fixed at 29 spots in the city, including five main chowks on NH-44.

Five years after inclusion in the Smart Cities Mission programme, Karnal Smart City Project is taking shape. Around 65 per cent projects are either completed or on verge of completion even after facing shortage of material and labour owing to the Covid-induced lockdown, said an official.

As per the information collected by The Tribune, Karnal was included in the list of Smart Cities on June 23, 2017. The government had hired consultant and appointed the CEO for the execution of projects in October 2018.

The Panchkula development advisory committee, formed by Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta, held a meeting with all the newly elected councillors, mayor, deputy commissioner, MC commissioner and deputy commissioner of police, to discuss about making Panchkula a smart city.

During the meeting, seven important points were kept in front of the DC, MC commissioner DCP, mayor and all the newly elected councillors by the Haryana assembly speaker.

Irrespective of the merits of translating some benefits delivered in kind like in PDS into their cash-equivalent, for the DBT scheme of routing cash benefits through Aadhaar-enabled bank accounts to succeed, some things are essential prerequisites: an electronic database of beneficiaries to be maintained on a continuing and regular basis by the concerned line departments and seeding of the database of beneficiaries with Aadhaar numbers.