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Information related to all Punjab villages on website now: Min

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today said information of all 13,040 villages in state has been uploaded on the official website of the Punjab government.

Punjab has become first state to put data of all its 13,040 villages on its official website, Maluka claimed.

Functioning of Gram Panchayats in Punjab has been strengthened through computerization under e-panchayats scheme, he said here.

It will provide details of famous personalities, popular and historical places of a particular village, latest data of Gram Panchayats and mapped villages, distance of village from main cities and main roads, schools, colleges, hospitals, community centres and centre and state sponsored schemes going on in villages, he said.

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First Published: Jun 07 2015 | 6:57 PM IST

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