In an attempt to ensure transparency in the Public Works Department functioning, the government is developing an estimator, monitoring and digitisation application, wherein details of all the PWD projects will be available for tracking.

“With this app, every information about roads under the PWD in UP will now be available online. Real-time monitoring of departmental projects can also be done, for which surveys will be done with the help of drones and satellites,” a government spokesman said here on Saturday.

“To start with, the work is already being done under the Srishti, Vishwakarma, Chanakya, Sentinel and Court Case Monitoring System in the department. Now, to facilitate speedy processing of services under PWD, the estimator, monitoring and digitisation app is being developed under an integrated system. The objective is to complete the projects on time,” the spokesman said.

As per government directions, to implement the e-office system in the department and expedite the work of digitisation, PWD will mandatorily implement the system from January 1, 2023. For this, work would be started in a phased manner from July 1 this year at the headquarters level, the spokesman said.

It is noteworthy that the estimates formed at the block level in the department through the estimator software can be obtained online at the headquarters. After the app becomes operational, the process of the formation of estimates and revision of tests at different levels will be possible in a time-bound manner and without much effort.

“Through the monitoring app, photographs of any potholes on the roads will be uploaded and will be available on the mobile phones of the respective junior engineers, assistant engineers and executive engineers. After these potholes are repaired by the department, the photos will be uploaded again. It will bring transparency in the work and would add to the convenience of the public,” an official said.

“With GIS mapping, each part of the road will be fed co-ordinates. The condition of roads can be seen from those coordinates. The work of GIS mapping will be completed soon,” he added.