Udhampur administration launches e-Challan app for collection of Municipal fee, charges

UDHAMPUR, NOVEMBER-03:- An e-challan app for collection of Municipal Fee and fines from the violators was today launched by District Development Commissioner, Dr. Piyush Singla here at an impressive function.

The App has been developed by District Administration in collaboration with Axis Bank to bring transparency in  the collection of municipal fees, charges, and recovery fines from violators,

After launching the e-challan app, the DDC said that this initiative will help in improving service access and transparency in the reconciliation of Municipal accounts of the Udhampur Municipality Council. He said it is a comprehensive digital solution for the collection of charges, fees, and fines in the municipal area.

Udhampur is the first District of J&K UT which has introduced this modern traffic enforcement system. The e-challan facility will give different payment options to the public for payment of challan electronically.

Among others present were President Municipal Council, Dr. Jogeshwar Gupta, Additional District Development Commissioner, Ashok Kumar, Chief Planning Officer, Rajeev Bhushan, ARTO, Rachna Sharma,  District Social Welfare Officer, Er. Sajad Bashir Somberia, BDO Udhampur, Rupali Mahajan, ADIO NIC, Anish Sharma, and other officers of various departments besides representatives of Axis Bank were present on the occasion.