Bhopal Municipal Corporation Server Shut for 2 Days

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation server will be shut down for two days, Saturday and Sunday, to migrate around 5.5 lakh property tax accounts to the Madhya Pradesh government's e-Nagar Palika 2.0 platform.

This move is part of an effort to address discrepancies in property tax accounts and inadequate monitoring of online processes. The city has approximately 5.5 lakh residential and commercial property tax accounts and more than 2.5 lakh water tax accounts, with duplicate property accounts being a persistent problem.

The migration process will begin on Friday night, with the first phase focusing on integrating property accounts. Urban administration officials have trained BMC employees to ensure a smooth transition.

The decision to shift to the state government's platform was taken during Sanskriti Jain's tenure as BMC commissioner, following reports of scams and vulnerabilities linked to the SAP-based system, including a Rs 14 lakh tax embezzlement case in Ward 33.

The BMC's IT team has had its leave cancelled for the two-day exercise to minimise disruptions when offices resume on Monday. Under the new system, the corporation will have to forward files to the Urban Administration and Housing Development Department for amendments, instead of making certain corrections directly at the ward level.