KOCHI: The district administration’s ambitious e-office project at the collectorate touched a landmark figure this Valentines Day, with the number of files covered under it crossing 1,000.
The project was a brainchild of District Collector K. Mohammed Y. Safirulla, who had successfully implemented a similar project on a much larger scale at the Secretariat during his stint as the State IT Mission Director.
The project was rolled out at the collectorate in June 2016, initially covering a lone section of housing, adding another section in the next three months.
Mr. Safirulla is planning to scale up the project in a big way during the course of the year by expanding it to more departments.
“The work towards putting in place the requisite infrastructure is in progress to introduce the project at revenue divisional offices and the sub collectorate by May followed by taluk offices in August,” he said.
The project is likely to gather critical mass with its introduction at the village level by October.
In keeping with the progress of the project, the total file count registered improvement from one in June to 13 in July, 12 in August, 52 each in September and October, 34 in November, and 68 in December.
However, the project scaled volume from the start of this year when the file count touched 427.
Giving impetus to the project was the decision to purchase 74 new computers, two high-speed scanners, and network printers, facilitating its introduction in the establishment section towards the end of the previous year. Upgrading the Local Area Network infrastructure from 100 mbps to 1 gbps also helped in the effective implementation of the project.
The number of sections covered under the project touched 10, including magisterial, administration, revenue recovery, finance, and inspection, at the turn of the New Year. Training was also imparted to all employees of the collectorate.
