GUWAHATI, Jan 1 - A citizen portal, aimed at bringing transparency and enabling common man better facilities, was launched today.
The portal, offering a host of services like tenant or staff verification and issue of character certificate, has been designed and developed under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project.
The e-services will be available to citizens having internet connections, enabling them to avail the services without having to go to police stations,� said S Sinha of HCL Technology, while briefing media-persons about the portal. However, the provision to lodge a first information report (FIR) is yet to be functional.
The site, he said, will initially offer services like tenant, domestic help or employee verification, character certificate and other requests.
The address of the portal is www.assampolice.assam.gov.in and all police stations having an internet connection are connected with the system.
The pilot launch and performance testing will be closely monitored for a period of two months for performance monitoring. Once the testing is successful, more online services will be opened up for the citizen, officials said.
