‘#WeAreKannur’, the app that serves as the Kannur district administration’s platform with features useful for people, now has a new module that will facilitate users to file complaints or report corruption in any of the offices listed on the app.
The module – Azhimathi Alert – has features that can keep the identity of the complainant confidential as it will be accessible to the District Collector only.
The entire complaint/report is encrypted using secure encryption, officials of the National Informatics Centre here, which developed the app, said.
2,500 institutions
The user has to do a one-time registration with their mobile phone number to use this facility, they added.
The app provides details of more than 2,500 institutions in Kannur district with facilities to locate, call, rate, and submit a review based on the experiences of the user.
The app also provides the top 10 things to do in Kannur and a ‘Support a cause’ option to help the government run old-age homes, hostels, children’s home, among others.
One of the important features is the facility to push direct notifications to the mobile app users by the District Collector.
There are important links to utility payment sites, district-specific websites, and mobile apps.
The NIC district centre here is also a Centre of Competence for the Mobile Application Development. This is one of the four centres of the NICs across the country.