Trash bags will be checked in the vehicles of tourists and devotees coming on Chardham Yatra. Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has issued instructions for this.
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has instructed all the departments related to 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 of them to work in isolation will end. For this, she instructed 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.
Instructions to compulsorily update information before cancellation of heli service
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has instructed the Public Works Department to compulsorily update the data of black spots, slipping zones, alternative routes other than main routes, roads obstructed by debris, landslides or traffic jams, road accidents in the Chardham dashboard and has instructed UKADA to compulsorily update the information before cancellation of heli service in the Dhams due to bad weather or other reasons. Along with this, the Chief Secretary has also instructed 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 has instructed 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 given instructions to do GIS tagging of the works being 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 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 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 (dustbins) 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 challaning. He has given instructions to write letters to municipal bodies, corporations and district panchayats in this regard. The Chief Secretary has given instructions to hold talks with 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.
