As part of the planned National e-Governance Action Plan (NEGAP), this network will provide connectivity to government offices from the State headquarters at mantralaya down to 30 district collector offices and 284 taluka/tehsil offices in the State of Orissa. It would serve as the core backbone of the state for its various e-governance applications, citizenship initiatives and diverse IT activities too.
This will improve the service delivery and response time to the citizens of Orissa enabling quick access to information. It will enable citizens to make various forms of payments and obtain facilities information as well as B2C (business-to-consumer) services from a single location using state-of-the-art technologies.
Kapil Puri, chairman, Spanco Telesystems and Solutions Ltd, said, "We are honoured to partner with the Orissa Government and strongly believe that this initiative will contribute significantly to its progress as a State. We are happy to deploy our skills and competency for the delivery of relevant day to day services to our fellow citizens. We are confident that the Orissa SWAN will increase efficiencies and response times significantly, drive down communication costs for the Government and provide a major impetus to the State's developmental plans and programmes."
"SPANCO's proven expertise in this arena coupled with our will and commitment to deploy IT for the State's overall development, should yield quantum benefits by further strengthening existing networks and systems across the State and enable the people of Orissa to become tech savvy and part of the technology mainstream," added Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, IT commissioner cum secretary, Government of Orissa. |
