NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and Indraprasth Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-D) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to provide modernised civic services to the citizens of all the three corporations of Delhi. Under this agreement, students of IIIT-D will study and analyze the functioning and services provided by municipal bodies to come up with technical solutions. All the three civic bodies will then adopt the suggested technological practices and solutions given by IIIT-D students.
On this occasion, Anil Baijal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, advised that the Municipal Corporations should strive for modernizing their operation using technology for different municipal functions like waste disposal, parking management, property tax collection, town planning, etc.
Gyanesh Bharti, Commissioner, SDMC said that under this MoU, all corporations will provide research based inputs for adoption of modern technology. Through this MoU, all the three corporation will get technical assistance in their processes and service and they will be able to provide modernize services through various digital mediums.