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The District Transport Office, Shillong of the
Government of Meghalaya has gone onlin e
with the inauguration of the computerisation of this office by the Hon’ble
Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr. F. A.
Khonglam on the 15th April 2002 by
accepting the fee for new vehicle registration and then printing a new
Registration Certificate. The National
Informatics Centre, Meghalaya State Unit
and the Transport Informatics Group, NIC HQr.
have jointly computerized the office.
In the process the District Transport Office, Shillong
has also become the first District Transport Office, not only in Meghalaya, but
also in North East India, to have online computerization. Meanwhile, the
Meghalaya Transport Department has also undertaken to computerise other DTO
offices in the State.
The computerisation of
DTO offices in Meghalaya will not only help improve the services being rendered
to the members of the public, but also serve as a safeguard against those who
seek to bypass the law. This in turn would improve revenue collection, bring
about better office management and help plug whatever loopholes, which may be
there. With E-governance gaining in importance, the increased use of computers
in government offices also seek to de-mystify work in such establishments and
also bring about transparency, help the members of the public gain more access
to relevant information, speed up delivery of services and expedite redress of
public grievances.
Speaking on the occasion the Meghalaya Chief Minister,
Dr. F. A Khonglam said with the
advent of the Information technology, every effort should be made to make use of
such devices for improving public and better citizen services. He said that the
government is also considering to computerise more government departments
especially those pertaining to finance to not only plug loopholes, but also
prevent leakage of revenue and minimise man power requirements and expenditure.
Among those who spoke were the Transport Commissioner
& Secretary, Mr. A. K. Bhalla, IAS, Mr. F. G. Momin,
Commissioner of Transport, Mr. Timothy Dkhar,
State Informatics Officer, National Informatics Centre, Meghalaya State Unit and
Mr. J. P. Kukrety,
Technical Director, Transport Informatics Group, NIC Hqr. New Delhi.
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