As a part of its commitment to provide effective e-governance facilities to the citizens, the District Administration, Bengaluru Urban District has launched its revamped bilingual website, http://bengaluruurban.nic.in during a programme held at Court Hall (Revenue), DC Office Building, K.G. Road, Bengaluru on 12th September 2018. Shri B.M. Vijay Shankar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban District inaugurated the website in the presence of senior level officers and staff of various departments, and staff members of NIC, Bengaluru Urban District.
In his address, the Deputy Commissioner appreciated the efforts of Smt. Padma N Murthy, DIO, NIC-Bengaluru Urban and her team for developing the feature-rich website. He informed that regular updating of the content of website would be ensured to improve the effectiveness of governance and provide citizen services.
The website has been developed on Secure, Scalable and Sugamya (S3WaaS) framework and it provides enhanced, user-friendly functionalities and interfaces, in compliance with GIGW (Guidelines for Indian Government Websites) standard website norms and robust security standards. Special features have been added for colour blind users, using which the contrast of the website can be changed for a better readability. The website can now be accessed by visually challenged people by using the speaking software, which is easily installable on any system. Many new features, including tourism, access to utilities, feedback form and search functionality, have been incorporated in the upgraded version.