Rajahmundry: A
Geographic Information System will be set up in 130 municipal
corporations and municipalities in order keep track of developments and
help the civic authorities plan several developmental works in the state
in a year.

State town and country plan director P. Thimma
Reddy held a review meeting with the civic officials from both the
Godavari and Krishna districts here on Monday.

Later, he told
newsmen that the GIS would enable them to keep tab on developments in
the cities and towns and plan the development of infrastructure and
amenities.

He said that they were even planning to set up GIS even in urban panchayats.

Thimma
Reddy said that they were planning to accept applications online for
plan approval for building constructions in the state and added that
they were also making efforts to clear the applications received under
Building Penalisation Scheme.

He said that they were availing information technology to ensure transparency in the functioning of the civic bodies.

Stating
that 450 posts were vacant in the town planning wing in municipal
corporations and municipalities, he said that they had written to the
government and also to the State Public Service Commission to fill the
vacancies.