Indian Express: Bengaluru: Monday,
03 August 2020.
Four
days after The New Indian Express published a report on Karnataka’s Right To
Information website (RTIonline.karnataka.gov.in) being not functioning for over
a month, the portal is now back online and is fully functional.
TNIE had
reported on June 27 that the website was functioning in mid-June, but the
payment gateway was not, rendering it useless at a time when citizens are
seeking information about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The RTI
website is used to file applications, check the status of RTI queries, and file
first appeals. RTI activists and users had said that the website not
functioning amounts to lack of transparency and accountability and would give
room for unchecked corruption.
The
website, managed by the e-governance department, was facing technical issues.
The Karnataka Information Commission had highlighted the problem with the
department, but it was not fixed till this newspaper highlighted the issue.
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