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I picked the news item up below from the new India-egov list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/india-egov Visakhapatna has a very comprehensive site with lots of features even an chat room and citizen forum: http://www.visakhapatnammunicipalcorporation.org An example forum post: http://www.visakhapatnammunicipalcorporation.org/CitizenForum1/fullmesg.asp?261 "everybody is shouting on the roof tops (including our first citizen) that there is no water. ground water is being floundered for construction work. why not stop this wastage by legislation till we know we are comfortable. also rain water harvesting to be made compulsory." Let there be a little e-democracy everywhere. We can decry the lack of telecom/Internet access for the masses in developing countries (and in our own backyards), but that doesn't mean we should wait to implement e-democracy ideas or defer its benefits until some magical moment of equity. If you wait, institutional adaptation by "as is" political forces will render this medium useless for meaningful political reform or change. Steven Clift Democracies Online From: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=17805 A town goes virtual, and reaps in real time IAS officer Jaju took civic services online, changed the face of Vizag Visakhapatnam, February 3: In the home port of Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet, a facility of a different kind has been making waves. Saukaryam the Facility has had the city on the move, perfecting home delivery of civic services and showing the door to agonising queues and hungry middlemen. And this gateway has taken just two years to transform lives. For details http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=17805 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
