Continuing its commitment to bridge the digital divide, especially amongst the rural
population, 17 e-Gram Sampark have been planned across all the villages of Union
Territory of Chandigarh. The citizens will be able to use all the 15 G2C services
which are presently available to the Sampark Centres situated in the urban areas.
Since these Centres would be providing the rural citizens an opportunity to have
an access to the huge amount of information, using broadband connectivity, these
Centres will emerge as Rural Knowledge Centres for the rural population, especially
the disadvantaged. Information services in these Centres would be provided free
of cost, on the lines of Jan Sampark Services. These Centres would also help the
rural citizens in registering their grievances, apart from helping them fill their
applications under RTI.
With the help of Department of Rural Development, 17 locations have been identified
to set up these Centres. These include, Panchayat buildings lying unused and the
Gram Sampark Centres will be set up after reconditioning these buildings. These
Centres will also have safe drinking water facility, clean toilets, etc., as are
available at the Sampark Centres and Jan Sampark Centres in the urban areas.
The villages which would be covered under this initiative are :
Palsora