Kumbh 2019 – Hi Tec Tools to unite Lost Visitors with their dear & near ones

          The final countdown for Kumbh 2019 has begun.

          Massive efforts are being put by multiple organisations for Safe Kumbh 2019.

          Kumbh is one of the world's largest religious gathering and is held on a rotational basis in either of the four riverside towns of Haridwar, Allahabad, Nasik and Ujjain.

The Maha Kumbh is held every 12 years at Prayag (Allahabad), with the Ardh (half) Kumbh being organized every 6 years. The last Maha Kumbh took place in 2013 which was attended by an estimated 10 crore people over a two-month period.

The next Kumbh is scheduled to be held in Allahabad in 2019. The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has declared that the Kumbh at Allahabad shall be the most memorable event for pilgrims and has given the vision of ‘Divya Kumbh, Bhavya Kumbh.’

The Kumbh Mela at Prayag takes place for approximately 55 days, spread over thousands of hectares around the sangam area, and becomes the greatest of ephemeral city in the world. Regularity of this celebration continuing since ancient times is unique in itself.

 THE KUMBH 2019, SCHEDULED FROM 14 JANUARY 2019 TO 4 MARCH 2019, WILL BE MANAGED BY 28 DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH, IN COORDINATION WITH SIX MINISTRIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

          Kumbh 2019 is expected to attract over 12 crore visitors from over 75 countries. On an average, every hour 20 lacs of visitors are expected to bath at the Sangam.

 Kumbh is managed by a special team of officials deployed for Mela management and are referred to as Office of Senior Superintendent of Police, Kumbh Mela (hereinafter is also referred to as “Office of SSP, Kumbh”).

The Office of SSP, Kumbh is keen to realize the vision of the Hon’ble Chief Minister and hence intends to appoint a System Integrator (“SI”) for Design, Development, Implementation, Operation and Maintenance of Lost and Found System.

          A  RFP has been floated by ‘The Office of SSP, Kumbh’,  in this regard.  The aim of the RFP is to engage an System Integrator to Design, Develop, Deploy, Operate and Maintain an ICT enabled solution for a digital platform of lost and found services at Kumbh Mela 2019

Scopes of services are as under:-

The primary objective of this Project is to digitally register lost persons at multiple lost and found registration centres situated in the Mela area, which will help lost persons and their family/ friends to get reunited at the Lost and Found centres.

Lost persons will get reunited with their family/ friends through the below mentioned methods:

·       Lost persons (not carrying mobile phone) can call and connect with their family/ friends (if they are carrying mobile phone) through help of lost and found centres.

·       Lost person’s information will be displayed at every lost and found centre, to help people identify lost person and the name/ location of the centre where they are staying.

·       Public address announcements at all lost and found centres for enabling family/ friends to re-unite with the lost persons.

·       Utilizing social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to post information of lost persons.

·       Police intervention, if lost personnel are not claimed by their family/ friends in 12 hours.

To achieve the objective of this RFP, the SI is expected to design, develop and rollout web based application.

 Application will be operated and maintained by the SI’s Field team during Mela from 1-Jan-2019 to 10-Mar-2019.

The Office of SSP Kumbh has planned to establish 15 Lost & found Centers. These would include specialized centers only for women and children.

The 15 Lost and Found centres spread over the Sangam area are expected to safely unite the lost visitors with their dear ones in the shortest possible time.