In an endeavour to provide a common platform to the general public and State administration for correct information on COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) launched ‘COVID-19-Drishti portal’ on Thursday. The USDMA has prepared the platform in association with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Uttarakhand using Geoinformatics system technology. In the portal daily status of COVID-19, district wise sample status, relief camps, data related to law and order and the data of state and district control rooms would be available with a click of a mouse. For clarity, different data are exhibited with the help of geospatial maps and information about relief camps, COVID-19 hot spots, tests centres, quarantine centres, hospitals are presented with facts.
The additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) of USDMA, Ridhim Aggarwal said keeping in view of the sensitivity of the COVID-19 in the state, the team of the USDMA has developed this platform. She said that with this portal the data of the patients and suspected patients of the disease would be available at one place. Similarly the platform would be beneficial in the assessment of the management of those living in camps and distribution of relief material. Aggarwal claimed that the team of USDMA is regularly updating the data on the portal.
The platform will help in all activities related with COVID-19 and proper execution of polices on the ground. She said that dissemination of correct information in the general public and preventing misconceptions about the disease is one of the objectives of the platform.
The USDMA has also undertaken an awareness campaign on social distancing, home quarantine, salute to Corona warriors and way to prevent the spread of virus. The team of USDMA which developed the portal includes, Girish Chandra Joshi, B B Gadanayak, Surbhi Kundalia, Amit Sharma, Pooja Rana and Jyoti Negi.