Maharashtra Govt. To Provide UID to Public Projects to Prevent Duplication of Work
Deccan ChronicleMumbai: In a bid to stop the duplicity of government works, the Maharashtra government on Thursday announced that it will provide Unique ID numbers to Public infrastructure projects similar to the Aadhaar number given to citizens. The development comes after the Rural Development Department, Forest Department, Public Works Department and Tourism Department constructed toilet blocks adjacent to each other at pilgrimage places at Ratanwadi village of Akole tehsil in Ahmednagar district. “The unique IDs will prevent duplication of development works, carried out by the multiple departments,” the official said. A senior official, who was present in the cabinet meeting, said that the chief minister has given an example of the RDD, PWD, forest and tourism departments, which had built toilet blocks adjacent to each other in the Ahmednagar district. Speaking with this newspaper, Parrag Jaiin Nainutia, Principal Secretary of the Information Technology Department, said, “The IT department is going to provide all necessary infrastructure in the state data center for the e-cabinet.