eKHATA: SUGRUHA SUCCESS STORY of CONNECT & CONTRIBUTE
In the Sugruha Board Meeting of December 2024 Shri Amit Gupta had stated that Sugruha must assist the South City owners in acquiring the eKhata. The humble Capt Shankar was kind enough to accept the challenge of eKhata for the South City owners. A core team of three: The Secretary Smaran Mudbidri and Jt Secretary Amit Gupta with team leader Capt Shankar, was formed. Detailed plans were drawn up for a massive campaign of education, training and Self-help sessions were implemented.
Capt Shankar commenced his first 2 hour-class presentation in the last week of January2025 within days of his hospitalization for angioplasty ; the SUGRUHA eKhata WhatsApp group was formed and at its peak about 600 residents interacted for help with their online Ekatha application.
Train-the-trainer program: there were 10 class-room sessions held with 300 odd attendees; all the classes were conducted by Captain Shankar. Within the first couple of sessions, “Noble Volunteers” a volunteer force of active 10 members (who were trained / familiarised with the online ekatha application during presentation sessions) evolved who voluntarily assisted resident owners during the presentation sessions as well as during their free time to apply & obtain their eKhatas. It was a wonderful participation in action: the volunteer team consisted of both young & senior South City owners alike with just 3 Sugruha Board members : Capt Shankar, Smaran and Amit Gupta. Other Sugruha board members, viz. Smt. Kamala, Smt. Molly & her daughter, Shri Kuppuswami, Shri Subburaman, Capt. Shankar’s daughter, assisted whenever possible with hospitality, seating, attendance arrangements for the participating residents during the sessions. By the end of April 2025 close to 500 eKhatas were done. Capt Shankar guided the team on various technical issues while attending to many of the owners, himself.
Mid-February the successful “Super-Senior Citizen eKhata at your door” was launched. This program is still continuing and many mobility challenged and aged South City resident owners are benefiting even now.
The presentation sessions and the eKhata support were extremely well received by the participants. They appreciated Sugruha’s effort to meaningfully connect with the owners & contribute in a positive way with the citizenary. This appreciation was reflected with new resident owners voluntarily registering for Sugruha membership & many existing Sugruha members clearing all the previous year dues.
This massive well managed efficient and effective service to South City owners was done free of any charges and with zero budget. Thanks to the eKhata core team and the Noble Volunteers led by Capt Shankar. Thanks to all the South City residents, and the SUGRUHA Board for your support. Special note of thanks to the non-Sugruha volunteers who joined our Ekhata help team for helping South City residents, viz. S/Shri. Akshay Shah, Chandrakant Karalkar, Donny C. M., Ramesh Kumar, Vivek Agarwal, Ajay Bhalerao, and Santhanam.
The following e-Khata South City & BBMP issues whatsapp group is where this is coordinated across the community