EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of different stakeholders to take firsthand appraisal of different IT interventions contemplated by the Health, Jal Shakti and other Departments to make their services reliable and accessible to the public.
Besides ACS Jal Shakti and ACS Forest, the meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, PDD; Commissioner Secretary, IT; Secretary Health; Secretary Revenue; Secretary Planning; MD, JJM; MD, HADP; SIO, NIC; representatives of BISAG-N and other concerned officers.
Outstation officers participated in the meeting through video conferencing.
During the meeting, the Chief Secretary had a detailed discussion with the stakeholders about the technological interventions that could bring efficiency in the working of their Departments and make them more accessible to the end users. In order to make the process more fruitful and time-bound, the Chief Secretary advised that each Department should first identify the problem statement to develop the respective workflows for creating solutions with utilization of modern technology available in the market. He further enjoined upon the concerned Departments to collate the requisite contents for uploading and its integration with the system. He also asked them to look for available options developed elsewhere so that same could be replicated here. Besides this, the Chief Secretary took this occasion to impress upon the concerned to constitute a dedicated team of professionals to work in close coordination with BISAG-N for commencing their work instantly with regular follow-up by the higher-ups in the Department. Regarding the concept of developing IoT/SCADA based Smart Water Measurement & Monitoring system, the ACS Jal Shakti Department, Shaleen Kabra, apprised the meeting that such arrangement should address the concerns of end users along with help the administration in making right decisions. |
