Fatehabad becomes first fully
wired district
Fatehabad has
become the first-ever district in the country to have a computer
network enabling it to transfer a government data file from its
remotest corner to its headquarters.
The inauguration of the network
happens two years after the district came into being.
The technological advancement, a
brainchild of Fatehabad Deputy Commissioner V Raja Sekhar, comes
soon after the district launched for the first time in the
country a CD-ROM of revenue data.
The wide area network was
conceptualised and established by Raja Sekhar who used the
existing backbone of telecommunication network for building his
system of a dial-up network.
The system uses a dual server to
link district headquarter with all sub-divisions, tehsils, sub-tehsils,
block, municipal committees and district offices.
The network has been established
by installing a package of computer, printer, modem, UPS and a
telephone at each of the 22 sites in the district.
The computers, which have been
installed in all government offices of the district, are based
on the Pentium-II generation of processors and run the 'Windows'
operating system. The connectivity for these computers comes
through 33.6 KBPS modems.
Staffers have been given training
in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre.
"The thrust of the WAN is to
speed up information exchange between various departments. In
fact, we have already started receiving on the computer reports
on monthly progress, expenditure, development works and even
complaints. The enthusiasm among officials is high," Raja
Sekhar claims.
With the spread of VSNL
connections to the Net, the district offices could get Internet
access sooner or later. The process of computerisation of
individual offices has begun by designing programmes, he added.
(courtesy rediff.com,
article posted on oct.1999)
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