Over 80 automatic boom barriers for parking will be placed at 12 places during Simhastha. Similarly, parking arrangements will be monitored round-the-clock through CC TV cameras. Before parking, number plates of vehicles will be clicked to gather their data. Real time data will be available to maintain data of vehicles.
Tickets for parking will be generated through machines. Mobile app of the company to whom parking contract is given will also be developed for the convenience of devotees in parking. The mobile app will contain status of parking place. Online booking for parking can also be made through mobile app. locker facility will also be available at all parking places.
On all approach roads to Ujjain during Simhastha, 10X10 lED screens will be installed. On these lED screens, parking status can be seen from 20 kms away from Ujjain. Besides, 52-inch TV sets will also be available. Kiosk centres will also be established at 20 places in Mela areas where even common people can book parking place online.
Meanwhile, the number of calls at the call centre for Simhastha from April 22 to May 21 at Ujjain is increasing day by day. The call centre will operate 24X7 from April. Any Simhastha-related information can be obtained by dialing call centre's number 1100. Presently, the call centre is working from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm
Ujjain Collector Kavindra Kiyawat has suspended Revenue Inspector Ganesh More for unfair conduct with saints and seers coming to take part in Simhastha Mela-2016. During suspension, Ganesh More's headquarters will be land Records Office.
As many as 6000 Home Guards will render service during Simhastha. Of these, 1100 Home Guards will be deployed at Ghats and 427 in firefighting arrangements. Besides, Home Guards will also be deployed for crowd & traffic management, Zone and Sector offices.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited (BSNl) will set up a mini telephone exchange in Dutt Akhada Zone. Through it, BSNl will manage network in Mela area. Simhastha Mela Office has kept ready Plan 'B' in case of network failure. Under Plan 'B', there would be landline connections in all Zonal and Sector Offices. STD-PCO booths are also being set up near banks and ATMs in Mela area.