Kerala Water Authority, PWD to integrate software systems to improve coordination

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Public Works Department and Kerala Water Authority (KWA) will integrate their Project Information and Cost Estimation (PRICE) software systems to reduce the hassles of bureaucratic paperwork and streamline various developmental works, especially KWA’s pipe-laying projects that require inter-departmental coordination. The move is expected to speed up various developmental work in the state.

As a first step, the government has constituted a committee comprising senior officials of both departments. The committee has been entrusted with the task of preparing an action plan for integration of the systems of both departments.

Once integration is done, a joint team of PWD and KWA officers will inspect the site and the latter will prepare the estimation report. This report along with the request for road cutting will be submitted through the online platform.