App by rural youth tells all about Thamarassery
A few youngsters from Thamarassery have come up with a mobile application named Thamarassery Info'.
Kozhikode: Introducing the wide opportunities offered by the Information and technology revolution to the people residing in the rural areas of Kozhikode district especially the rural hilly areas, a few youngsters from Thamarassery have come up with a mobile application named ‘Thamarassery Info’. The app plays the role of giving all the information about the district touching every nook and corner.
From details about the tourism destinations in the region to information on hospitals, educational institutions, Government offices, Grama Panchayath and also about people’s representatives, the app guides the common man to every aspect about their region in just a single click.
Youngsters representing the Social Welfare Society functioning in Thamarassery have introduced the application to the public and it will also work once the user is offline. Talking about the initiative, software engineer Iqbal Thalayad, the brain behind the mobile application, said, “Our region is rich with destinations and other aspects. All this information we have clubbed together and installed in our app. So, any user can get information about anything here through this mobile application”.
“Since we come from the hilly areas of Thamarassery, we have also included details about our region through this application, thereby popularizing our area with updates and details,” he added.