The
Lok Mitra project was formally dedicated to the people
of Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh as a pilot phase on the 8th of May
2001. The services offered include information about vacancies,
tenders, market rates, matrimonial services, village e-mail. An
interesting feature is that citizens can use the IT enabled system as
a grievance redress system. The LokMitra INTRANET set up in the
district Hamirpur consists of two Pentium-III-based Servers (Under
WindowsNT), with 4 Pentium-III-based Client systems and a Router, set
up in a LAN using HUB, in a separate room at the Deputy Commissioner
office, Hamirpur, named as LokMitra Soochnalaya. A total of 25
panchayats have been identified for setting up Citizen Information
Centres. The project will be extended to cover all the districts of
Himachal Pradesh.
