Karnataka State Data Centre to remain shut for two days: Priyank Kharge
Karnataka’s State Data Centre, which hosts a wide range of Government digital services, will remain temporarily shut down for two days to facilitate critical maintenance, infrastructure upgrades and security enhancement works, Minister Priyank Kharge said on Wednesday.
The temporary suspension is expected to affect the availability of some online Government services, including departmental web portals, citizen service systems, certificate-related online services, e-Office platforms and digital databases operated by various departments, according to an official release issued by the Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister’s office.
“This is only a temporary inconvenience. However, once the work is completed, the state’s e-governance system will be further strengthened,” Kharge said.
The minister said the maintenance exercise was aimed at making Karnataka’s digital governance infrastructure more robust, secure and capable of handling higher volumes of data and services.
“The Government is continuously investing in technology to provide better services to the public,” he said.
Kharge noted that the usage of digital services in the state had increased significantly in recent years, necessitating improvements in data-processing capacity, cybersecurity, server performance and service reliability.
He said the maintenance work was being undertaken based on expert recommendations and was intended to ensure that citizens receive Government services more quickly, securely and without technical disruptions in the future. Appealing for public cooperation, the minister said some inconvenience could be experienced while accessing online Government services during the two-day period.
To minimise inconvenience to citizens, the maintenance and upgrade works have been scheduled during holidays, he added.
Kharge said the Government was systematically strengthening technology infrastructure with the objective of making Karnataka the state with the most advanced digital governance system in the country.
