Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation has started delivering birth and death certificates to people’s homes by post, a first in its history, Urban Development Minister Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah said on Sunday.
The corporation has signed an agreement with India Post for the service, said the minister, who is also in charge of Mysuru district. He was speaking at the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations at Oval Ground in the city.
Steps such as this spare people repeated trips to government offices and bring services to their doorstep, he said.
E-khata drive for property owners
The corporation is also running a special Prajaseva e-khata campaign. It began by issuing e-khata documents to more than 590 property owners within 72 hours, for a fee of ₹175, the minister said.
About 78,000 ‘A’ and ‘B’ khatas have been issued in the corporation’s limits so far, and property tax collection this financial year has reached ₹210 crore, he added.
Call for more Kannada online
Dr Yathindra also called for wider use of Kannada in the digital age and in science, technology, education and administration. He said quality digital books, educational videos, online lessons and technology-based learning resources need to be developed in Kannada, and that information on science, medicine, law and administration should be easily available in the language.
Achievers and SSLC and PUC students who scored high marks in Kannada were felicitated at the event. MLA Tanveer Sait, Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikantha Reddy, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar and City Corporation Commissioner M K Savitha were among those present.
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