Vadodara: Over the past 10 years, Varsan Rathwa, who lives in a remote village of Chhota Udepur where even cellular connectivity is a problem, has run from the pillar to the post to assess his land in the forest, but his efforts did not produce.
Whatever results.
Last week, only one video call through zoom with district collectors, while sitting at the Gram Panchayat office, ending Rathwa’s misery forever.
Rathwa has been promised by the district administration and in a few days, he will also receive all official papers at the Panchayat Gram Office via email.
In the area where people have to climb the hill to just make phone calls or have to navigate the waters of the gap and forests to reach the nearest motorized road, new initiatives from the district government have come as a big gift for people like people.
Rathhwa, who lives in the villages at the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra border.
The district administration, in the first initiative of Gujarat, has brought all grams of panchayats on a digital map so that citizens do not need to stretch the district or taluka headquarters.
“All grams of Panchayats have a laptop and broadband connection, so we have asked them to make their separate e-mail address.
Whatever the problems or problems possessed by residents, will be reported to us via email from Gram Panchayats and their problems will be resolved thus,” said Stuti District Collector Charan.
All the papers and documents needed will also be sent in digital format.
“We have created a back-end process for this so that maximum work is done without paper for the convenience of people,” Charan said.
After the problem is resolved, the document or certificate will also be sent to the applicant on WhatsApp or via email at the Panchayat gram.
The monthly ‘self-state’ program from all districts where collectors hears people’s problems directly will also be held through zoom.
“Citizens can be connected via their telephone from their home or from the Gram Panchayat office,” said Charan Toi.
“It’s hard to travel until the chhota udepur because our village is not properly connected and we also have to spend a lot of money.
But this way, our work is done very comfortably,” Rathwa said.