DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 27 (MExN): Nagaland Police SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System (NPSVMS) was adjudged the ‘Most Innovative Application’ in the category of e-Governance and Service Delivery in the Digital North East Summit 2016 held in Shillong, Meghalaya on Friday.
NPSVMS emerged winner out of eleven finalists in the category. Meghalaya State Agriculture Marketing Portal won Special Mention from the same category. The jury comprised of Rajesh Verma, former IT Secretary, Sikkim, Prof. Basav Roy Chaudhury, Associate Professor, IIM Shillong and Ebenezer Lyngwah, Head Consultant, e-Governance, Dept of IT, Meghalaya.
A press note from PHQ, Kohima explained that the SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System introduced in April 2015 has resulted in substantial reduction in the theft of four wheelers across the state.
Also, 91 vehicles have been recovered so far using the Application. It provides easy platform for policemen and citizens to report vehicle theft and alert the various field formations of police across the state through sending one SMS.
It also provides an easy and instant access to police to the various official repositories of vehicular data thereby empowering it to verify the genuineness of the documents presented by the owner of the vehicle in a few seconds, the press note stated.
