While the senior officials of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) have appealed to the locals on several occasions to use digital modes for their work in the corporation and to interact with the corporation like filing complaints among other things, the MCD’s own app has not been working for several months now. Many locals have even shown disappointment and opined that though the government talks about digital India, the government bodies fail to even maintain a simple app for public use. However, the senior officials had stated that this issue will be resolved soon. According to the municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey, the corporation could not pay attention to the app’s working issue due to Covid-19 but it will be revived soon.
Explaining further about it, the chief municipal health officer Dr Kailash Joshi stated that the corporation recently invited tenders to manage such projects and the process is almost finished and hence, the said app will be active again in the near future. The corporation is also planning to connect the app with the upcoming Swachh Survekshan campaign so that the officials can get the public feedback about various facilities like sanitation and hygiene facilities in the city, informed Joshi.
Saturday, 07 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
