To keep tab on collection of revenue from the 150 markets of BBMP, an ambitious computerisation project is underway at its Markets department. Work on the scheme, which began two months ago, is slated to be completed by February-end.
Speaking to Metrolife, Deputy Commissioner (Markets) A B Mandanna said the objective is to go online fully and ensure that manual issuance and collection of receipts is done away with. “Computerisation will ensure that the licence fee is collected effectively from 6,500 shops which includes commercial complexes at Rajajinagar, Yeshwantpur and Jayanagar,” he said. The Demand-Collection-Balance (DCB) status can be monitored effectively.
Apart from these shops, the concessional fee collected on a quarterly basis from certain joint venture projects like Madivala complex and Garuda Mall can be easily kept tab of, he said. Allotment of shops, collections at pay `n’ park places, monitoring of various tenders and other daily collection activities can be monitored effectively after computerisation.
“This is an ambitious project planned by Commissioner Subramanya and Special Commissioner B S Ramprasad. The costs involved to computerise are quite meagre,” Mandanna said.
The City-based Sumearu Technologies is involved in the process. Elaborating on the progress registered so far, he said, “The initial data entry phase is over and we are now capturing the second phase of data. This involves tracking current demands as well as arrears. Finally, it would all be integrated to make it online,” he said.
IT Advisor to the Commissioner, Shivakumar said the department was developing a market management software for the purpose. “The software has been designed such that the system will give out an automatic prompt on the status of rents and leases. This will enable the BBMP to keep track of each individual shop. It is already being tested.”
On the costs involved, he Shivakumar said, “Including the hardware, it will come to around Rs 10 lakhs.” Initially, it will be introduced only for the markets of the erstwhile BMP areas but later it will be extended to the new zones too, he added.
