Unmindful of past flops, MBMC launches yet another mobile app

In order to ensure transparency, improvement of services and public participation in the day-to-day civic affairs, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has been launching various mobile and webbased applications. But thanks to technical glitches and poor monitoring these tools have not only lost their popularity, a couple of applications are either dumped or have been reduced to mere decorative gadget icons, leaving residents more disappointed than satisfied.

However undeterred by their past disasters, the civic administration launched another mobile application-My MBMC amid much fanfare on Thursday. “The app which can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store will have a host of features and links to avail civic facilities including- grievance redressal mechanism, information of various departments and also an online payment platform facilitating various digital wallets. The mobile application will be a miniature replica of the MBMC’s official website with enhanced features.” said an official.