Times of India: Patna: Thursday, February 25, 2016.
Now, there
will be no need to make frequent visits of municipal corporations for
registration of birth and death or seeking approval of building map and
construction plan or depositing property tax or file an application under the
Right to Information (RTI) Act. All these services are available online in all
11 municipal corporations of Bihar, including Patna Municipal Corporation
(PMC).
The facility
was launched by CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, when he inaugurated
e-Municipality, an ambitious online project of the state's urban development
and housing department (UDHD), at a function. Anyone can register birth and
death in his/her family at the click of mouse after visiting the website of
their respective municipal corporation.
The facility
will be available for municipal corporations in Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Ara,
Bhagalpur, Biharsharif, Darbhanga, Begusarai, Katihar, Munger and Purnia.
"In the second phase, these online facilities will be rolled out in all 44
Nagar Parishads from April next," principal secretary (UDHD) Amrit Lal
Meena said.
For
registration of birth or death, a person will have to first file an online
application providing details about the birth or death in English and Hindi
languages and upload supporting documents. After that, s/he will have to pay
the prescribed fee either online (through payment gateway) or offline (through
challan). The applicant will be given an application number that can be used
for tracking of the application in future. The citizen needs to submit physical
copies of the documents at the Citizen Facilitation Centre (CFC) in the
respective urban local body (ULB).
The
verification of documents will be done at the CFC counter and supporting
documents will be either approved or rejected. The applicant will then be
intimated through SMS and e-mail about the approval or rejection of the
respective application. After that, the citizen can collect birth or death
certificate at the CFC counter or if requested, it will be sent through
courier/speed post on an additional charge, a UDHD official told TOI.
Similarly, a
person can apply for approval of building map and construction plan or deposit
property tax by following an almost similar method by visiting the ULB's
website. In each case, after submission of the application and uploading of necessary
documents, the applicant will be provided an application number that can be
used for tracking his/her application.
"In the
next step of reforms, facilities like issuance of licence for opening shops,
permission for putting up hoardings and realization of rent will also be
available online," Meena said.
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