“The PMC’s initiative of e-governance to speed up administrative work is hampered due to frequent breakdown of landline cables connecting all offices. Hence, official work is delayed,” said chief accounts officer Ambrish Galinde.
The PMC recently launched e-governance service for property tax, building permission, work flow management and birth and death certificates through the connectivity at its 25 offices for quick service.
However, administrative work suffered every time underground cables were damaged by road digging for various reasons like laying drainage lines, drinking water pipelines, constructing stormwater drains, underground telephone or electricity cables. “There is always the fear that cables will get damaged,”said Galinde.
To overcome the situation, the civic administration has tabled a proposal in the Standing Committee seeking approval to allot a contract for wireless connectivity in all its offices.
The PMC witnessed several hiccups in the implementation of the e-governance project as cables connecting all the 14 offices and 10 Sampark offices with the server in the main building were damaged, the proposal said.
“The PMC plans to get rid off the problem by setting up connectivity of 2 Megabytes per second (Mbps),” Galinde said. The current connectivity is 128 Kbps.
Of the four bids the civic administration received, two were disqualified in the initial stages for not complying with the PMC’s requirement. The third bid by Bharti Airtel, which sought to boost the existing underground connection, was rejected as it was conditional and also sought an exemption from charges of digging up roads for laying the underground cables. The service provider had quoted Rs 93,000 per month for the work. The road digging work would cost the PMC Rs 35 lakh, the proposal said.
The administration shortlisted Tulip IT Services Ltd as they had proposed to provide wireless connectivity at the cost of Rs 1.25 lakh per month for three years.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Ajay Khape
Quelle/Source: Pune Newsline, 17.08.2007
