The Times of India           23.12.2013

Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority set to adopt e-services

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda), which updated its website earlier this year, has now decided to get more online by providing e-services. Vuda has introduced an e-filing system for the planning section and made provisions for allotment of shops through the online system.

It now plans to extend the e-services to other departments such as urban forestry, estate wing and engineering. "Using the e-services will ensure greater transparency as each of the applications and files can be easily monitored.

Also, applicants can view the status of their applications without having to visit the office," a Vuda official said. "All files in Vuda will be scanned and stored in the server system.

The hard copy of the files will also be available to officials. As soon as any of the hard copy files are passed, the status will be updated online," he said. "The server is being maintained by Andhra University according to the memorandum of understanding we have signed with them. A team of three experts is providing technical support to the staff in uploading and updating the servers," he said.