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DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 27
Nagaland Police SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System (NPSVMS) was adjudged the Most Innovative Application in the category of eGovernance and Service Delivery in the Digital North East Summit 2016 held in Shillong on Friday.
NPSVMS emerged Winner from the 11 finalists in the category. Meghalaya State Agriculture Marketing Portal won Special Mention from the category. The jury comprised of Shri. RAJESH Verma,Former IT Secretary, Sikkim, Prof. Basav Roy Chaudhury, Associate Professor, IIM Shillong and Mr. Ebenezer Lyngwah, Head Consultant, eGovernance, Dept of IT, Meghalaya.
The function was held in the North East Council Auditorium and was attended by Shri. Ram Muivah, IAS, Secretary, North East Council, Shri RM Mishra, IAS, Development Commissioner, MBDA, Shri. Amitabh Singhal,Board Member, Public Interest Registry.The SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System introduced in April last year has resulted in substantial reduction in the theft of four wheelers across the state. Also, 91 vehicles have been recovered so far using the Application.It provides an easy platform for Policemen and citizens to report vehicle theft and alert the various field formations of Police across the state through sending one SMS. It also provides an easy and instant access to Police to the various official repositories of vehicular data thereby empowering it to verify the genuineness of the documents presented by the owner of the vehicle in a few seconds.
