‘Nammude Kozhikode’ mobile app hits a wall

Last update made on June 27

‘Nammude Kozhikode’, a mobile application projected as a prestigious scheme of the Kozhikode administration to take government services to the people using information technlogy, is reportedly not fulfilling its purpose now. The app was launched in January. It also provided information about various government welfare schemes to the beneficiaries. People could schedule meetings with officials and people’s representatives and engage in video calls with them. It had won the first prize in ‘Digital Governance Mobile Challenge’, a national competition for novel district-level projects being implemented in association with the National Informatics Centre. The app was one of the major initiatives of the former District Collector Seeram Sambasiva Rao. It was hailed as an attempt to help the people avoid frequenting government offices to get their work done, especially during the pandemic period.