All payments including registration of trade licence, renewal and payment of house rent under Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) would made through online by year end, said DMC administrator Moa Sangtam at the launching of DMC official website www.DMC.Nagaland.gov.in here on Thursday.
He also announced that Dimapur will become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by November.
Moa lauded former DMC administrator, H Atokhe Aye, under whose initiative the online system was commissioned in January 2016. The website was developed by symbiosis.
Launching the website, parliamentary secretary municipal affairs, Zhaleo Rio, said that the online system would not only ease the consumers for payment but revenue collection would also be improved. He also termed the day as a big achievement and urged the DMC to continue to extend its service to the people.
Reminding that in Nagaland, all services remained standstill after few years, he urged the service provider — symbiosis, to continue to extend their service even in the coming days.
Zhaleo also said that everything has increased by many fold and even maintenance by DMC has also increased. Despite the challenges, he said it was the duty of the DMC to provide proper sanitation, infrastructure and provide civic amenities throughout the years.
He further said since DMC has various source for revenue generation, it should provide basic necessities to the people instead of making excuses that it has no fund to pay the salary of its employees.
Zhaleo also said that with the launching of online system, DMC has become a transparent autonomous body and the service will also be extended to other town councils in the coming days. He, therefore, urged the DMC to upload all its activities in the website by maintaining transparency in their works.
A representative from Symbiosis, while highlighting on the website, said that the site could be able to view from any devices. The website has also a separate page for the visitors to get in touch with the DMC. Earlier, the inaugural programme began with an invocation by superintendent DMC, Kihovi Z. Achumi.