Spot a bad road in Gurgaon, curse the state of civic affairs in the city and move on? Maybe now you can actually do something about it. And that, too, from your phone.
The Harpath Haryana mobile app, launched by the Haryana government on September 15 at the Haryana Digital Summit, enables residents to click pictures of potholed roads and upload them on the app, where they are forwarded for redressal to engineers and the department concerned. There have already been 7,000 downloads in the state and 215 in Gurgaon. A total of 78 complaints have been addressed so far, the district administration confirmed. Gurgaon News
According to officials, the app was aimed at making life a little easier for residents, who had to run to government offices to lodge complaints about broken roads and other civic issues. Now they can just upload pictures of the road instead and then track the progress of the redressal with the touch of a button. Authorities will have to acrry out repairs within 15 days, they confirmed.
“The app is available on Google Play Store and can be downloaded for free,” said Vinay Pratap Singh, Gurgaon deputy commissioner. “After filling out the necessary details for registration, residents will need to upload a picture of the road they want repaired. The app will automatically trace the location via GPS.”
