Telangana app provide jobs to technicians, workers

Hyderabad, Dec 12: The Telangana government has developed a mobile application that will help citizens in urban areas across the state find trained and certified technicians and workers, who will provide household services at the press of a button.

Officials at Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) said Android-based Urban Genie will be available in 73 municipal towns and cities, barring Hyderabad.

Users can avail the services of electricians, plumbers, fitters, carpenters, painters, interior decorators, cleaners, drivers, cooks and even domestic helps through the app, they said.

“We have been training hundreds of these technicians and workers under Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) for the last three years and facilitating them to get employment in various agencies,” the mission’s additional director L Vandana Kumar told media.

MEPMA is a wing of the department of municipal administration and urban development.

The technicians and other workers can register their names and numbers on the app and the government will conduct a background check before giving them training and the certification once they are trained.

Kumar said Urban Genie has been tried out in a few municipalities like Khammam, Siddipet, and Ramagundam for the first time this month and will soon be extended to all others.

The mission has set up a City Livelihood Centre (CLC) in every municipality which will monitor this app. While the app is meant for service providers trained by MEPMA, other trained workers looking for a job can also register with the department and it can help them get employment, he said.