J&K govt launches web portal to facilitate movement of stranded persons

The Jammu & Kashmir Government has launched a web portal— http://jkmonitoring.nic.in/ to facilitate its residents stranded in otherparts of the country, officials said.

The portal enables giving updates to those registered andalso allows a person to check his application status. The portal has beendeveloped in a very short time frame by the NIC, J&K.

   

All those who have registered online using the links openedby the J&K Government earlier NEED NOT register again.

The web portal has already been updated with the details ofthe persons who have already registered through www.jktpo.in.  All those who have registered can track theprogress of their application.

While a large number of persons from nearby States havereturned to J&K, there are many who are queued up for undertaking trainjourney. Arrangements are being made for trains from various stations acrossthe country.

Trains from different states and their cities –  like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telengana,Andhra Pradesh, Assam (for entire NE), Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal,Gujarat, Rajasthan and many places in Uttar Pradesh are being planned over thenext few days.

More than one train is being scheduled from one station ifthe number of stranded persons is large, eg; Delhi, Bengaluru, Thane/ Mumbai,etc. As and when a person’s turn comes to board the train, he/she shall benotified by way of SMS which will have the details of train timings, departurestation, etc. Everyone will get accommodated and therefore there is no need topanic.

“In addition to the web portal, in order to assist thereturnees and address their concerns, a dedicated 24X7 Covid-19 Helpline number– 0191-2466988 has been activated – they can obtain information of arrangementsmade for their movement and also get any other information,” read an officialhandout.

In order to have regulated arrival to enable testing and tocontrol the spread of COVID -19, the portal allows the government to issueauthorization for travel to individuals/groups as per the capacity.

On approval of movement by the competent authority, i.e. theNodal Officer, a SMS goes to the stranded person informing him of suchauthorization. This authorization is the consent of the Government of J&Kto receive that person.

This authorization can be downloaded or it can be kept inthe electronic form on the mobile and has to be shown to the concerned DistrictMagistrate for issuance of movement pass as per the SOP of the MHA in case ofroad journey.

Such authorization, through the portal, has been given toall the stranded persons in Gujarat and Rajasthan in the past few hours.However, for those persons in these two states who want to take a train forreturn, coordination with the sending State and the Railways is under way.

If the returnee is part of a group, the registration of onlythe Group Head has been updated on the portal – this is sufficient for grant ofauthorization or notifying for train journey through the group head, enablingthe entire group to travel as and when the arrangements are in place.

The portal provides for editing and adding information ofthe group by uploading the list of group members.

The portal has received more than 2156 plus hits in a spanof two hours – almost 50% are for downloading the authorization by theGovernment of J&K, read the handout.

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