New initiative taken by Revenue Department under Digital India

The State Revenue Department has got operational the twitter handle accounts of all district collectors to fulfill the commitment - ‘Digital India’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as beginning of new initiative. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Revenue Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama congratulated the state revenue department for initiation of their people oriented novel procedure.

CM Rupani said that the developmental story has got new direction through the four pillars such as transparency, sensibility, decisiveness and progressiveness and the twitter handle will give new pace to the developmental story of the state.

Principal Secretary of Revenue Department Pankaj Kumar gave guidelines to the district collectors to activate the twitter handle accounts and it has been get operational through his directives. After beginning of twitter handle accounts, people from various districts have presented their issues to the concerned district collectors just within two days and they have adopted pro-active approach for its redressal as well, he added.

People may present their queries, issues, complaints or suggestions as well through these twitter handle. People may get information regarding various schemes or decisions taken by the state government through these twitter handle. Furthermore, people from various communities may get quick response and information for aid and prior knowledge in case of heavy rains, floods, natural calamities etc.

People of Gujarat have welcomed and praised through twitter – social media regarding the step taken by the state revenue department. People also suggesting through twitter that other states have to follow the new initiative taken by the state government.

In this regard Pankaj Kumar Said that the twitter handles will become a new milestone for bringing transparency among people for bringing awareness of people welfare works – schemes and in public grievances redressal system as well. The twitter handles of collectors from each district are as under:

No. District Collector Twitter Handle (@)

1 Ahmedabad CollectorAhd

2 Amreli CollectorAmr

3 Anand CollectorAnd

4 Arvalli CollectorArvali

5 Banaskantha CollectorBk

6 Bharuch CollectorBharch

7 Bhavnagar CollectorBhav

8 Botad CollectorBotad

9 Chhotaudepur CollectorCu

10 Dahod CollectorDahod

11 Dang CollectorDan

12 Devbhumi Dwarka CollectorDwk

13 Gandhinagar CollectorGnr

14 Girsomnath CollectorSomnth

15 Jamnagar CollectorJamnag

16 Junagadh CollectorJunag

17 Kutch CollectorKutch

18 Kheda CollectorKheda

19 Mehsana CollectorMeh

20 Mahisagar CollectorMahi

21 Morbi CollectorMorbi

22 Narmada CollectorNar

23 Navsari CollectorNav

24 Panchmahal CollectorGodhra

25 Patan CollectorPatan

26 Porbandar CollectorPor

27 Rajkot CollectorRjt

28 Sabarkantha CollectorSk

29 Surat CollectorSurat

30 Surendranagar CollectorSrn

31 Vadodara CollectorBaroda

32 Valsad CollectorValsad

33 Tapi CollectorTapi