Objective Interface - Official Website of Howrah District

E-Governance at Howrah
The Outcome and Achievements
In a Short span of starting the GIS activities effectively from the month of
March, 2007 and subsequent to the training organized to several departments ,
outcome in the form of information(s) started pouring in from many departments ,
naming a few are :-
Department of Health , who have plotted a number of Information related to
Parimary Health Centres , Sub-Centres , GP HQ sub Centres for many Blocks .
Likewise , Department of Education had populated the Geo-Database with
Primary, Upper Primary , SSK and MSK for several Blocks
Department of Police had plotted vital informations like location of Police
Stations, Police Outposts , Investigating Centres , Jurisdiction Areas .
Department of Election had plotted information on location of Polling Stations
Constituency wise.
Department of Relief had identified locations of Relief Godown, Flood Shelters
, Flood Affected area(s) , etc.
Other Department(s) like Industry, ICDS , Transport , etc. have also
contributed in populating information on the Map which could help in updating the
Map with many useful informations towards a step forward for a effective GIS .
Apart from the departmental
activities in progress , parallel activities
were also carried out at NIC, Howrah to
show some more important informations
on the Map based on several inputs
received from various sources .
Map showing Vested Water
Bodies , Culturable & Non-Culturable
Waterbodies- Mouzawise could be
plotted through the Information received
from Bureau of Applied Economics &
Statistics . Land Bank Information
showing Vested Land , Type of Vested
Land with area could also be plotted on
Culturable Waterbodies across the District,
Source:- Bureau of Applied Eco & Stat
the Map. Information as received from
State Water Investigation Department
regarding Permanent Hydrographic Stations could also be plotted on the Map.
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