Uttarakhand: Departments related to the Yatra should regularly update real time data on the Chardham dashboard – Chief Secretary
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has directed all the departments related to the Chardham Yatra to regularly update real time data on the Chardham Dashboard which is going to be launched soon. She said that this dashboard will become a medium for effective exchange of information and data sharing among all the departments related to Chardham. This will establish effective coordination among the departments and will end the tendency of them working in isolation. For this, she directed to deploy one nodal officer in each department. The Chief Secretary instructed all the concerned departments that the data to be updated on the Chardham Dashboard should be dynamic and real time. It should be fed regularly.
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has directed the Public Works Department to compulsorily update the data of black spots, slipping zones, alternative routes apart from the main routes on the Yatra route, roads obstructed by debris, landslides or traffic jams, road accidents in the Chardham Dashboard and has directed UKADA to compulsorily update prior information about cancellation of heli service in the Dhams due to bad weather or other reasons. Along with this, the Chief Secretary has also directed the Animal Husbandry Department to regularly update the real time data of availability of fodder, hot drinking water, veterinarians for mules on the Yatra route in the Chardham dashboard and the Police Department to update the real time data of information about parking places and availability of parking space on the Yatra route.
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi reviewed the Chardham dashboard being prepared by ITDA in the Secretariat. This dashboard will initially be used for administrative coordination and work of government departments and will later be opened to the general public.
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has directed to do GIS tagging of the work to be done on the Yatra route in the Chardham dashboard. She has said that interlinking of various departments is necessary for performance evaluation. The Chief Secretary has also directed to add other crowded tourist places like Mussoorie in the Chardham dashboard, so that all the information and real time data can be made available to the tourists visiting these places. Along with this, the Chief Secretary has given instructions to strictly follow the rules of keeping trash bags in the vehicles of pilgrims and tourists coming on Chardham Yatra. For this, he has given instructions to provide information while issuing trip cards and to do regular checking and challan. He has given instructions to write letters to municipal bodies, corporations and district panchayats in this regard. The Chief Secretary has given instructions to talk to the District Magistrates for the insurance arrangement of mules providing services on the Yatra route. Secretary Public Works Department, Disaster Management, Animal Husbandry, Director ITDA, Director General Health and other related officers were present in the meeting.
