Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday informed that the residents in Bhubaneswar to get smart address very soon for digitization of houses.
The news has been confirmed by BMC with an official twitter handle.
“This GIS-based technology shall allot unique Alpha-numeric numbers for all buildings of the city that will allow BMC to determine the exact location of residential and commercial buildings,” the BMC tweeted.
Bhubaneswar is set to become more accessible via the newly launched #DigitalDoorNumbering system by BMC. This GIS-based tech shall allot unique Alpha-numeric nos. for all buildings of d city that will allow BMC to determine d exact location of residential & commercial buildings. pic.twitter.com/uaqwXqEirZ
— BMC (@bmcbbsr) February 1, 2021
The initiative has been taken for easy accessibility of address on internet, BMC informed.
Meanwhile, the survey has been kicked off on a trial basis in Ward no 6, 23 and 26 in the city. As many as 100 youths have been pressed into services for the digital door numbering (DDN). They will make door to door visit and speak to the house owners before providing them with a special house number.
“This will also facilitate door-to-door garbage collection as well as helpful for postal departments & utility departments. Currently launched on a pilot basis on ward no-6, 23 & 30,” tweeted BMC.
This will also facilitate door-to-door garbage collection as well as
helpful for postal departments & utility departments.
Currently launched on a pilot basis on ward no-6, 23 & 30. #DigitalIndia pic.twitter.com/bOF4wJARc0— BMC (@bmcbbsr) February 1, 2021
The city residents will be provided with a special house number called Digital Door Number (DDN) which could be easily traced on internet. The new system will include the address which will contain only area code, house number and street number.
The civic body authorities will provide a barcode-based smart address card through which one can find the address of certain people, house or property by just scanning code or entering the unique ID number in to the Google. It will also help emergency services improve their delivery and response time.
The BMC has aimed at collecting more revenue from the city residents as the new system will be able to check tax evasion due to digitisation of address.
Over 60 houses have been included in the new system on the day-1 of the survey yesterday. More houses will be covered in a phased manner, sources said.
The civic body has aimed to connect all the houses in the Capital city to the new system by March 31.
The BMC had signed a MoU with a Hyderabad-based company–Navayuga Solution- for the digitization initiative. However, the rollout of the plan was delayed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
