One more Hubli-DharwadOne centre planned in Dharwad
TNN Jun 4, 2011, 10.10pm IST
DHARWAD: Hubli-DharwadOne centre will be functional in a fortnight. The new centre has come up at a new building located opposite Udaya Hostel here.
DC Darpan Jain, who visited the centre on Friday, told reporters that it has been set up at a cost of Rs 35 lakh. "This is the second-of-its-kind in Dharwad and eighth in the twin cities. The transactions in all seven other centres will be controlled and supervised from this centre," he said.
The services being offered to the citizens include payment of water tax, municipal tax, Hescom services, BSNL, life and vehicle insurance, income tax and bus pass, etc.
Jain said the centres have evoked good response from the public. In 2008-09, two lakh transactions have been made with a financial turnover of Rs 10.11 crore, while in 2009-10, 4.87 lakh transactions were made with a turnover of Rs 26.92 crore. The number increased by two folds last fiscal with transactions reaching 9.80 lakh with a turnover of Rs 58.76 crore.
In the last two months, nearly 2.4 lakh transactions have been made. The administration aims at reaching a target of 14 lakh transactions this fiscal with a turnover of Rs 80 crore. Next to Bangalore, Dharwad district has the highest number of H-DOne centres. The district is also second to Bangalore in turnover.
Measures are on to set up two more centres in Hubli and Dharwad in the next six months. Efforts are on to facilitate the citizens with services of Nemmadi Kendras at the centres. The scheme has already been taken up in Bangalore as a pilot project. The centre will work from 8am to 8pm on week days.
