Kochi :

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will declare the Pampakuda panchayat, situated near Muvattupuzha, as the first digitised local body in the state, at a function to be held on Saturday.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob will preside over the function.

Under the ambitious project, the details of all the people residing in the panchayat will be made available at the click of a mouse button.

The project was conceived by panchayat president Eby N Elias. He has entrusted the task of develop ing a software for the purpose to IT company Nextuz.

The details of every individual, including profession, blood group, educational qualification and bank account, will be available digitally.

Data collection for the project was done by the Asha workers. Data was collected  by distributing a questionnaire prepared by the panchayat.

The questionnaire had 30 questions, with several sub-sections. The data was later uploaded to a computer server, with the support of NSS volunteers from the Holy Kings Engineering College

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Kochi / by Express News Service / June 27th, 2014