Transformation- From K (hatal) to K (nowledge) Centre
Posted : December 27, 2005 at 4:09 pm [IST]
Lalu and Rabri’s Khatal (cowshed) that has on today over 200 bovines face a change because the priority of the new government is different. I don’t know if the cowshed came up because of DNA urge or genuine love of animals, but the beneficiaries were only the first family of the state. And for many celebrities visiting the chief minister got attracted and impressed, because it was unique fixture of a chief minister house. It must be only one of its types in the whole country. And the chief minister took pride in showing the uniqueness to all the celebrities visiting them, be it M F Hussein, Sunil Data, MKA Pataudi, or Rajdeep Sardesia. I wish the former chief minister helped establishing one big dairy in each of the district headquarters with his or her expertise to provide additional earning to the under-privileged families in the district.
And now once they vacate the official chief minister house for which they have already got two eviction notices, as reported, the cowshed will be sanitized and converted as a well-equipped computer center with V-sat and video conferencing facilities. Engineer-turned politician chief minister will like to link all the districts with Internet for regular discussions with district level officials who are to execute all the development work that the new government has promised. For Nitish to move fast on the development projects, the computer centre will provide the necessary assistance to cut down the delays and to remain updated with the progress on real time basis.
I wish along with this knowledge center the state’s website would also be updated on date to day basis. Citizens will know the e-mail addresses of all ministers and secretaries for interactions and feedbacks. It will list all the projects announced and post regularly progress made. I firmly believe that it is possible to have Bihar Nirman quickly through the execution of the projects for Bharat Nirman. The chief minister and his team will facilitate that. What more do we want at this stage but the roads, electricity, drinking water, and telephone for every village of the state that Bharat Nirman promises by 2009? Nitish’s computer center in the today’s Khatal will bring that transformation for sure.
I suggest engineer CM goes one step further, and gets a RFID controlled file movement system installed to enhance the efficiency of the administration. RFID on each important file can make it easy for the CM and in turn even the ministers or secretaries to improve efficiency and transparency of the administration by tracing the hold ups.
Can the engineer CM work for some IT initiatives to eradicate corruptions for which Bihar has earned a bad name? Can Nitish use his college to initiate an IT revolution in Bihar? Can Nitish come out with some expert study on the rivers of the flood prone North Bihar and go for some long term schemes to reduce its impact through barrages and interlinking to use the water for power generation and irrigation? Will Nitish use the computer power for regulating the police activities for providing the services to the people of Bihar and bring back their confidence in administration?
Will Nitish avoid the mistakes made by Naidu in Andhra Pradesh and concentrate on rural Bihar, as till the time computer serves as tool it benefits every one, but if get into the system as craze, it annoys the mass?
And the good news is that Patna is getting a software park, and BIT, Mesra is setting an extension center in Patna. I wish they started their courses from next session itself even if necessary in rented building. But CM must invite all the stalwarts of IT sector one by one and market the cost advantages, such as low salaries and living cost for their centers in Bihar. CM has promised a great promise to get one Knowledge Centre for each of the villages of Bihar. And I am hopeful that he shall be keeping his promise. We shall be watching out the progress almost in the same manner as we shall watch the quality improvement of roads in Bihar that he has promised to make as shiny and as smooth as some star’s cheeks.
After why should not we be hopeful? It for him that Mehta of ‘OUT LOOK’ writes, “If I was pushed, and pushed hard, to pick a name worthy of the honour in 2005, I would pick the chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. The JD(U) is not my favourite party, it is opportunistic to the core, but Nitish sends out a rather clean smell. He exudes dignity, integrity, understatement, good humour and competence. He may let us down in 2006, but in the year gone by he is the only politician who deserves emulation and praise.”
- Indra
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