Himachal plans portal to bring all ULB services online, another to clear building plans

Presiding over a meeting of the Urban Development Department, Sukhu directed to provide online all essential services like property tax, bill payments, notices, all types of NOCs and permissions online. He said the move will help curb corruption within the system.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu. (File)

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu Tuesday called for implementing ‘One State One Portal’ to bring all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) services online and minimize the footfall in the offices.

Presiding over a meeting of the Urban Development Department, Sukhu directed to provide online all essential services like property tax, bill payments, notices, all types of NOCs and permissions online. He said the move will help curb corruption within the system.

The chief minister said that the calculation and collection of property tax in all the ULBs would be conducted through an online platform.

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He further said that a fully automated online building permission system is being developed to enable real time scrutiny of building drawings through auto scrutiny features, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in the approval process.

The system is being developed with the assistance of the Department of Digital Technology and Governance for all the 61 ULBs, 35 notified Special Area Development Authorities and 56 ‘planning areas’ in the state, he added.

Reviewing the current water supply issue in Shimla, he issued directions to construct a dam on Giri river to address the problem of silting. He said that design of the dam would be prepared by the power corporation.

Giri supplies around 15 million litres water per day, which is about one-third of total water supplied to Shimla in a day.

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