ENVIS Center - State of Environment in Chandigarh

The Problem: Chandigarh has been considered the cleanest and the least polluted city in India, however, there was no central database that could be accessed by the stakeholders and the citizens of the city to evaluate the steps needed to maintain the status and conserve the environment.

The Solution: ENVIS Centre, Chandigarh was set up to assess state of environment of Chandigarh by creating and collating centralized database and disseminating the findings to improve the participation of stakeholders in preservation and conservation of Environment

The Result: With objectives to create, collate, and disseminate the information, the project involved use of ICT and its various tools such as website and computerization to fulfill the requirements. Data was collected from 60+ stakeholder departments or authentic sources. A website was developed from scratch using AJAX, ASP, ASP.net (ie6 compatible). Website featured multiple views to support user friendliness. The main features of website are: 200+ related database tables supporting graphical reports; easy upload mechanism: website can be updated by semi technical user; activities' support to 120 eco-clubs; and extensive objective oriented photo gallery.