Reliance Industries Ltd is planning to set up 1,500 information kiosks around the state in next six months.

The kiosks, besides giving information about various departments of the government, will also digitise all government forms so that they can be accessed from all over the state.

The kiosks will be linked with STD PCOs in the state.

Reliance industries has already obtained the "right of way" clearance from the Centre for laying the optical fibres. The kiosks will also provide Internet facilities to the common people all over the state. Meanwhile, the kiosk put up by the state government in the secretariat has not been revised in the last two-and-a-half months. Transfers of more than 25 state officials in the last month have yet to reflect on the functioning of kiosks. The mismanagement also reflects in the fact that the chief vigilance officer's name is shown as S.L. Verma though Mr V.R.S. Cowlagi took over the charge more than two months ago. The Japanese company Shonkh had put up five kiosks in the state at the Ahmedabad railway station, the airport, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the ST stand besides the one at secretariat.

However, the state government has to depend on the officials of the company for any updates to be made in the list.

Republished from Asian Age