SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN INAUGURATES VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITY FOR
SIX DISTRICTS IN ORISSA
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs,
Communications&IT, Shri Pramod Mahajan today inaugurated Video
conferencing facilities for six districts in Orissa. The inauguration
was done by providing video conferencing link from Bhubaneswar
from where the Chief Minister of Orissa, Shri Navin Patnaik participated.
Speaking at the function, Shri Pramod Mahajan said that all efforts
would be made to facilitate speedy development of IT facilitating
tools for the State of Orissa. Top priority would be given to
facilitate e-governance within the State by providing appropriate
e-governance tools and infrastructure. The Minister, during the
course of Address, congratulated the people of Orissa for joining
the IT Revolution in the country. The Chief Minister of Orissa
Shri Navin Patnaik said that this facility would help in combating
problems concerning the people on a variety of socio-economic
issues.
Video Conferencing Facility is a
part of the project of Department of Information Technology for
providing video conferencing facility for six districts of Orissa
and State Secretariat at Bhubaneswar at a total cost of Rs.1.5
crores. The locations where video conferencing facility has been
provided under this project are: State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar,
Berhampur, Balangir, Cuttack, Kalahandi, Koraput and Sambalpur
High speed Internet access has also
been made available at all these locations using SCPC DAMA VSATs
technology. The project has been implemented by National Informatics
Centre as a part of Deptt. of IT’s project on strengthening communication
and networking facilities in ten States which are lagging behind
in Information Technology.
