MCD puts split process in motion

MCD puts split process in motion

Risha Chitlangia TNN 

New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finally begun the mammoth task of dividing its existing infrastructure. And the biggest challenge before the civic agency is to divide its new e-governance project between the three corporations. 
    Recently, the MCD held a meeting with its consultant, Wipro, and developer, Tech Mahindra, to prepare a blueprint for dividing the IT infrastructure between the
three corporations and submit it by February end. 
    Sources say that the existing e-governance project runs on 52 servers and it is physically impossible to divide the servers between the three corporations, as each server is performing a dedicated task. And to have 52 servers for each corporation will add a lot of financial burden on the new corporations. 
    “We have asked Wipro and Tech Mahindra to submit the blueprint by end of February. Dividing the IT services is going to be a challenging task. The tenders and other important citizen-centric services have to be centralized,’’ said a senior MCD official. 
    Sources say that a proposal to have an IT director at the centre to coordinate with all the additional IT directors in three corporations is being considered. “This proposal is being mulled as dividing IT is a big task,’’ said an MCD official. 
    Meanwhile, MCD commissioner KS Mehra recently directed all department heads to make three copies of ongoing projects. “Each corporation will have one copy of the file and a copy will be kept in central record room. The civic agency has also started the process of dividing the manpower and infrastructure,’’ said an MCD official. 
    While the Delhi government is finalizing the nittygritty of trifurcation, sources say that a proposal to form a lead corporation for a particular task is also being considered. 
    “There are several drains which will run through different corporations. The work to de-silt will have to be taken up simultaneously by the corporations. There is a proposal to form a lead corporation for each task,’’ said an MCD official. For example, for cleaning of drains, one corporation will take the responsibility and coordinate with all the corporations. Similarly, another corporation can look after sanitation, etc. “But all these proposals are in the initial stages. A decision will be taken soon’’ said an MCD official.  


Source: Times of India