NMC websites to give info on agents, hoardings
NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to launch two websites, giving information about its agents and the approved hoardings put up across the city, to help consumers, advertisers and the common citizens.
The civic agency has appointed 596 persons as agents, who are authorised to collect bills, payments and documents required for certificates to be issued by NMC, besides other NMC related work. The agents will start working from next Monday.
However, a big problem facing the civic body was communicating the identity and addresses of agents to citizens. Municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta has decided to launch a website for the agents - www.nmcagents.org. Gupta told the media on Wednesday that more agents would be appointed in the future depending on the response from citizens.
Commenting on the website for hoardings - www.nmchoardings.com - the commissioner said that it was the only way to control erection of illegal hoardings. "All our advertisers will be given a log in and password on Thursday. They will be given a week's time to upload photographs and locations of their hoardings on our website. Any hoarding that does not figure on our website will be considered to be an illegal one."
Gupta further said that the advertisers would have to immediately upload pictures of a new hoarding. Any advertiser can get the permit for erecting hoardings renewed at the click of a mouse. Unless the NMC estate department has decided not to renew the permit, the advertiser can click on that particular hoarding, pay the required amount electronically to NMC and get his permit renewed.
Advertisers can also seek permits for temporary hoardings online. "If somebody else has not booked the spot for that particular period, you will be asked to pay the required amount and you will get a confirmation of the booking," he said.
Citizens can also lodge complaints regarding illegal hoardings on the website. "We will take action against such illegal hoardings within seven days," Gupta asserted.
The civic agency has appointed 596 persons as agents, who are authorised to collect bills, payments and documents required for certificates to be issued by NMC, besides other NMC related work. The agents will start working from next Monday.
However, a big problem facing the civic body was communicating the identity and addresses of agents to citizens. Municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta has decided to launch a website for the agents - www.nmcagents.org. Gupta told the media on Wednesday that more agents would be appointed in the future depending on the response from citizens.
Commenting on the website for hoardings - www.nmchoardings.com - the commissioner said that it was the only way to control erection of illegal hoardings. "All our advertisers will be given a log in and password on Thursday. They will be given a week's time to upload photographs and locations of their hoardings on our website. Any hoarding that does not figure on our website will be considered to be an illegal one."
Gupta further said that the advertisers would have to immediately upload pictures of a new hoarding. Any advertiser can get the permit for erecting hoardings renewed at the click of a mouse. Unless the NMC estate department has decided not to renew the permit, the advertiser can click on that particular hoarding, pay the required amount electronically to NMC and get his permit renewed.
Advertisers can also seek permits for temporary hoardings online. "If somebody else has not booked the spot for that particular period, you will be asked to pay the required amount and you will get a confirmation of the booking," he said.
Citizens can also lodge complaints regarding illegal hoardings on the website. "We will take action against such illegal hoardings within seven days," Gupta asserted.
