Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh has said that the entire services of local self-government bodies will be made online from November 1.
The Minister was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the District Joint Director Office building of the Local Self-Government department in Kannur on Tuesday. He stated that the software K Smart for this purpose was being readied.
“K Smart is being implemented as part of making the services of the local self-governing bodies efficient and effective. The goal is to avoid delays,” he said.
Mr. Rajesh said that K Smart could be used through mobile phones as well. This way, people could avoid going to local self-government offices.
He said any failure of the Local Self-Government department would affect people more, as it was a department closely related to people’s lives.
The Minister said that in taluk-level adalats most complaints were about issues connected to local self-governing bodies. There should be a creative approach to the needs of the people by the employees. Quality of services should be improved, he said. The Minister said that delays should be avoided. A special training programme would be organised for local self-government secretaries to ensure this.
District Collector S. Chandrasekar, district panchayat president P.P. Divya, Kannur Mayor T.O. Mohanan and others attended.
