Dharani portal riddled with glitches

Telangana government started enrolment of non-agricultural properties in GHMC limits to update details on Dharani portal, but all’s not well, reports Nabinder Bommala
No provision to check details uploaded
Users TOI spoke to complained of inability to check uploaded details on Dharani portal
There is no acknowledgement receipt, text or mail
Sudden surveys amid Covid
Quote: GHMC employees visited our housing society on Monday around 10:30 am and they asked me to allow door-to-door survey immediately for uploading property details.I informed them that we need to take safety measures amid Covid-19, but they were not willing to listen — A Narshimhan, president Golf View Apartment, Financial district
Technical glitches on website
Just 10 % to 15% of people’s details were uploaded successfully
Quote: Due to technical glitches, forms were distributed to owners which have to be filled and submitted manually — said Praveen Rao, My Home Vihanga secretary
NRIs in a fix
Quote: Several owners in our housing society are NRIs, I was informed that the weblink is not actively working round the clock. I request the authorities to provide an alternate mechanism for NRI property owners — Vivek Varma of Jayabheri Orange County, Financial district
Untrained workers
GHMC has pressed into service staffers who haven’t been trained to update property records
Quote: I request authorities to releave them from their duties so that they are not blamed in case there are mistakes in data entry — U Gopal, president of GHMC Employees Union.
Quote: We are completely aware of technical glitches. We are rectifying issues on a war footing -- Jai Raj Kennedy, GHMC additional commissioner IT wing.