Rajahmundry: A Geographic Information System will be set up in 130 municipal corporations and municipalities in order keep track of developments and help the civic authorities plan several developmental works in the state in a year.
State town and country plan director P. Thimma Reddy held a review meeting with the civic officials from both the Godavari and Krishna districts here on Monday.
Later, he told newsmen that the GIS would enable them to keep tab on developments in the cities and towns and plan the development of infrastructure and amenities.
He said that they were even planning to set up GIS even in urban panchayats.
Thimma Reddy said that they were planning to accept applications online for plan approval for building constructions in the state and added that they were also making efforts to clear the applications received under Building Penalisation Scheme.
He said that they were availing information technology to ensure transparency in the functioning of the civic bodies.
Stating that 450 posts were vacant in the town planning wing in municipal corporations and municipalities, he said that they had written to the government and also to the State Public Service Commission to fill the vacancies.
