A Review on JanMat – A Unified Crowdsourced Platform for Civic Engagement

Abstract

Modern digital tools have changed how people connect with their local governments around the world. This study looks at the JanMat system, a new online tool created to solve ongoing problems between citizens and government offices when reporting local issues. The system makes a major step forward in digital democracy by using automatic location tracking, letting communities decide which problems are most important, and providing clear ways for officials to manage complaints. This paper examines how this internet-based platform helps people talk directly with government workers through features similar to social media, automatic location checking, and different user permissions that fix problems found in older complaint systems. The technology uses modern website building tools like React.js for the user interface, Supabase for storing information, and various online services to make everything work better. This review checks how well the platform encourages people to participate in local government, studies how it is built and designed, and compares it with other similar technology solutions already available. The results show great promise for making local government work better by getting more citizens involved and making it easier to handle and solve community problems.

Country : India

1 Karan Yede2 Prathamesh Korde3 Onkar Anantulwar4 Piyush Talwekar5 Pritesh Deshmukh6 Dr. Sarvesh Warjurkar

  1. Student, Department of IT, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  2. Student, Department of IT, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  3. Student, Department of IT, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  4. Student, Department of IT, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  5. Student, Department of IT, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  6. Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, GHRCEM, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

IRJIET, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2025 pp. 61-64

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2025.910009

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