A flagship project funded by UNESCO in association with Akshaya and SPACE is now drawing attention all around. 9 Panchayaths and 1 Municipality in Kannur District are today connected to Internet.

Kerala lacks locally relevant content in the web sphere. Digital divide is manifested not only in access and tools of access but also in the inability to provide locally relevant information. Here the portals come with solutions. All the web portals under development are in Malayalam. Unicode encoding is used to adhere to the universal standardization, which in return will make it searchable content in the web. Each web portal covers detailed information of the Panchayat. You will find the history of the land, governance, information on public services, to mention a few. Locally relevant news and announcements also find its way to the portal. The project is aimed at bringing forth web portals that cater the needs of the citizens locally. In the course of time the portals will be used for local transaction, enabling in it with more business features. If successful, such portals can be set up every village/panchayat of the State.

Project Objectives

Project at a Glance

• 200 unique visitors on average per month
• Most popular site with 1000 unique visitors per month
• More than 2000 articles published
• Topics include – Agriculture, Health, Labour Bank, Culture, Local History, Tourism etc..

Media Reports

Panchayats to have their own portals - Times of India, 3 May 2007
Welcome to community portal in Malayalam - Economic Time, 12 May 2007
You Thought it Wasnt Happening? - Dataquest 13 October  2008

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