International researchers are camping in Ujjain doing study over Simhastha and the Mela is all set to become basis of global level software for crowd management.
Ambassador of Netherlands in India Alphonsus Stoelinga has said that such massive crowd as during Simhastha at Ujjain does not assemble anywhere in the world. Therefore, crowd management at Simhastha at Ujjain has been selected for study. After study, analysis and research software for crowd management on its basis will be developed.
Ambassador Alphonsus said that the crowd management study project has been taken up jointly by the Netherlands, Russia and Singapore universities, Union Ministry of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Science, IIT, Kanpur, Indian industrial houses and start-up companies. Joint camp of India and the Netherlands has been set up in Dutt Akhara zone. Data about psyche, conduct, sense of security during movement and standstill motion, cooperation with arrangements etc are being studied during the research. Use of drones, GPS, locate centre and best cameras is being made in this research.
Objective of the study include chalking out guidelines and evolution of software for disaster management which can used for crowd management in world’s mega events like Olympics, large-scale cultural events and times of crisis.
Sharing his experiences about Simhastha Alphonsus said that it is a role model for infrastructure development, sanitation arrangements, use of information technology, and conduct of crowd and concept of Smart City.
Mela Officer Avinash lavaniya informed that study of nature, diversity and group behavior of visitors to Simhastha is also being undertaken. This process also involves learning people’s psyche and sentiments through dialogue and survey.