DNA:
Mumbai: Thursday, October 11, 2012.
Facing
criticism of not having compiled data or figures in any department, municipal
commissioner Sitaram Kunte has decided to start a dedicated statistical cell.
Civic sources
claimed that all information will be first compiled and then uploaded on the
civic body’s official website.
“Whatever the
civic administration does from recruitment to establishment expenditure, new
projects to capital cost and even the past records and figures will be uploaded
on the BMC website. This will not only bring transparency in the system, but
also reduce the number of RTI applications demanding data. Citizens can access
all the information from the website,” said a senior civic official.
At present,
the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot provide information to even
a Right to Information application seeking any details or data as most of the
departments do not have compiled records.
Kunte had
recently held a closed-door meeting of all senior civic officials and discussed
about formation of the new cell. The additional municipal commissioners
concerned and head of the departments are expected to start work on compiling
data at the department level.
“Each
department will have to identify the staff for this work.It may be
time-consuming and taxing, but will help in smooth functioning of administration
in future,” said another senior official.
The new
department will have a core team, mostly graduates from economics–statistics,
thatwill compile all data, which will then be forwarded by various departments.
The statistical data cell will have the information recorded in a systematic
manner for use.
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