CCTV cameras will be installed in sensitive areas of Chardham Yatra routes, passengers will get traffic information from social media
Preparations for the Uttarakhand Chardham Yatra are going on in full swing. The Uttarakhand government is trying to ensure that the journey of the devotees coming to visit Chardham is safe, smooth and well-organized. Due to which Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed all the departmental officers to complete all the arrangements a week before the start of the Chardham Yatra. In fact, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a traffic management meeting on Tuesday at the Secretariat regarding the preparations for the Chardham Yatra. During the meeting, the CM directed that parking arrangements should be made on the travel routes at such places around which hotels, dharamshalas, homestays and other basic facilities are available.
CM Dhami said that the slot management system should be improved further for the darshan of the Dhams. Along with making adequate arrangements for CCTV cameras at sensitive places on the travel routes, real time monitoring of areas with high traffic should be done. The CM said that to face the challenges of traffic management during the Chardham Yatra, a better plan should be prepared by the police and work should be done. So that the problems that came last year do not happen during the upcoming Chardham Yatra. Real time information about places with jam should be shared with the public through social media and other means. Along with this, traffic and weather updates should be given on the social media profiles of the police and administration.
60 percent online and 40 percent offline registration
Arrangements should be made so that devotees can get information about parking places on the travel routes from Google Map. The CM appealed to the devotees to come on the Chardham Yatra only after registering. Registration has been arranged for the safety and convenience of the devotees. 60 percent online and 40 percent offline registration has been arranged for the journey. Apart from this, for better conduct of the journey, work should be done in coordination with all the stakeholders related to the travel routes and their suggestions should be taken seriously. Information about the preparations made by the government for the Chardham Yatra should also be shared with the stakeholders.
Police help desk established
During the meeting, the CM instructed the officials to also improve the alternative routes of the Chardham Yatra. Local people should also be contacted on payment basis to develop temporary parking on the travel routes. In view of the convenience of the devotees, police help desks should be set up on the Yatra route. Disaster prone areas and high altitude areas should be monitored with the help of drone cameras on the Yatra routes and adequate arrangements of necessary equipment should be made at disaster sensitive places. Crash barriers should be installed as per the need on the Yatra routes. Intensive checking of vehicles should be conducted by the police and transport department and special attention should be paid to the fitness of vehicles. Adequate arrangements of signage should be made for all the information on the Yatra routes.
Three plans prepared for traffic
During the meeting, DGP Deepam Seth said that last year about 48 lakh devotees had performed the Yatra. There will be 50 police stations, 79 reporting police posts, 5850 police force, 38 seasonal (temporary) posts for this year’s safe and systematic Yatra. Three plans have been prepared for better traffic management, which will be implemented in view of the pressure of vehicles and traffic jams. Chardham Control Room has been established under the Inspector General of Police, Garhwal Range. In-charge of which will be SP Traffic Dehradun Lokjeet Singh. A Chardham cell will be formed at the police headquarters level under the Inspector General of Police, Crime and Law and Order, which will make arrangements for continuous control and monitoring. The entire Yatra route has been divided into 15 super zones, 41 zones and 137 sectors. A detailed traffic plan has been prepared for the Chardham Yatra as well as the long weekend.
49 black spots and 66 land sliding zones identified
The DGP said that the police department has identified 54 bottlenecks, 198 accident prone areas, 49 black spots and 66 land sliding areas of the Chardham Yatra route. In which all measures will be taken by the concerned department before the Yatra. Last year 113 parking places were identified. In which there was a provision for 33295 small and 3554 big vehicles. This year 17 more parking places have been identified. In total 130 identified parking places, there will be a provision for parking 43416 small and 7855 big vehicles.
