VMC issues QR code enabled door numbers

VIJAYAWADA:  Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) started issuing digital door numbers (DDNs), enabled with QR code and Geographic Information System (GIS) tag for quick and easy identification of addresses across the city as per the State government’s directions. 

K Lakshmana Rao, a city planner said, the directorate of Municipal Administration had launched the DDN facility under GIS survey on a pilot basis at two divisions under Krishnalanka area in February. 

The state government released an order saying that it had taken up DDN of buildings and base map preparation in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), as per the procedure.

Rao added, “The main objective of providing a DDN is to assign a house number to the structure, land or developed plots to provide identity in a scientific manner.” He further said, “The process involves different stages, which includes mapping and collection of GIS base maps in the ULBs, followed by the delineation of localities and main roads, survey of properties, preparation of street maps, identifying missing streets, assigning new door numbers, preparation of maps and correlation statements for old door numbers as well as the new ones.”