Uttarakhand Chief Secretary directs officials to ensure effective management of Chardham Yatra

Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 25 (ANI): Uttrakhand Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, on Thursday instructed all the departments related to the Chardham Yatra to regularly update real-time data on the Chardham Dashboard, which will 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 the tendency for them to work in isolation will end. For this, she instructed the deployment of 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 updated regularly.

Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has directed the Public Works Department to compulsorily update the data on black spots, slipping zones, alternative routes other than the main roads, roads obstructed by debris, landslides, or traffic jams, and road accidents in the Chardham dashboard and She directed the UCADA to compulsorily update the information on cancellation of heli service in the Dhams due to bad weather or other reasons in advance.

Along with this, the Chief Secretary has also directed the Animal Husbandry Department to regularly update the real-time data of the availability of fodder, hot drinking water, and 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 on the Yatra route and availability of parking space.

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 later will be opened to the general public.

Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has given instructions to do GIS tagging of the work done on the Yatra route. She has said that interlinking various departments is necessary for performance evaluation. The Chief Secretary has also given instructions to add other crowded tourist places like Mussoorie in the Chardham Dashboard, so that all the information and real time data can be available to the tourists visiting these places.

Along with this, the Chief Secretary has given instructions to strictly follow the rules of mandatory keeping trash bags in the vehicles of pilgrims and tourists coming on the Chardham Yatra. For this, she has given instructions to provide information while issuing trip cards and to check and challan regularly. She has given instructions to write letters to municipal bodies, corporations, and district panchayats in this regard. The Chief Secretary has directed the District Magistrates to hold talks for the insurance arrangement of mules providing services on the Yatra route.