New EWA portal to go live next month

Manama  : Bahraini public will soon have an easier and a quicker way to interact with the Kingdom’s Electricity and Water Authority, thanks to a new portal that will be launched by the authority next month. 

The portal, which won a ‘Tech Award’ at GITEX expo in Dubai, will go live in Bahrain next month, officials announced yesterday. 

The portal, designed by Al Nadeem IT company, was part of a pavilion organised by BTECH for Bahraini companies at GITEX. 

Rashid Snan of Bahrain Technology Companies society (BTECH), Hamad Al Saie of Microsoft, Ubaydli Ubaydli of Al Nadeem and Adnan Fakro of EWA revealed this during a press conference held yesterday. 

The portal, Ubaydli told reporters, was created using Microsoft’s SharePoint platform. “We have to thank Microsoft because the SharePoint platform was flexible enough to implement the requirements of the ministry,” he said adding: “I would also like to Tamkeen for their support.”

BTECH General Secretary Rashid Snan said the portal will save consumers a lot of time and effort. “The number of times the public will need to visit the EWA offices will be reduced drastically following this,” he added.  

Snan added: The new portal will accept online payment, online applications as well as submission of meter readings. “You will have personalised IDs to see your e-bill and everything,” he added. 

He further told the Press Conference that EWA’s effort will definitely act as an encouragement for other ministries adding: “Websites of many ministries are static without much interaction with consumers.”