A Mobile Application named “Niyojan” would now keep track of illegal constructions in the various villages and outer periphery areas of Chandigarh.
The land Acquisition Office, Chandigarh in association with Society for Promotion of Information Technology, Chandigarh (SPIC) under the aegis of Department of Information Technology, Chandigarh Administration launched the App “Niyojan”.
VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab & UT Administrator launched the Mobile app in the presence of top officials.
Officials said that at present several violations go unnoticed in remote peripheries and villages of Chandigarh but through this “Niyojan” mobile app, citizens can report any unauthorized constructions and dwellings on unauthorized lands to the Patwari of the area and further to land Acquisition Officer, who can then take steps to keep said violations under check.
All complaints are logged and stored on the cloud, along with information such as the geo-location of the complaint, a photograph of the violation and other associated information. Patwaris can follow up on the complaint using the information and update the status of the complaint by mentioning the action taken.
Niyojan Mobile App has been developed in-house by SPIC and can be downloaded from Google play store. Following key features of the app will assist the citizen to address and escalate the issues of violation along with pictures directly to the authorities.
Citizen can view a list of all the complaints registered on the dashboard, along with their status and past actions taken on the complaint by authorities. They can
follow up on a complaint, or share the complaint information via various channels like text messaging, WhatsApp etc. People can register a complaint, attaching information pertaining to the complaint like the geo-coordinates of the place of violation, a photograph and any other additional comments they would like to add to the same.