Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): More than 200 million rupees of pages from 3.50 Raku physical files of various government agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have been converted to digital format and implemented by the Union Territory Citizens’ Secretariat. Uploaded to e-office project.

This is an order from the Jammu and Kashmir administration to suspend the “Durber Move,” which is a bi-annual practice of shifting the entire government structure during the summer (May to October) in the light of Covid’s pandemic. It was done after passing. ) Go to Srinagar and return to Jammu during the winter (November-April).

This practice has been prevalent since the year before independence, and it is reported that it began in the 19th century when Rambilsin, a maharaja in Jammu and Kashmir, wanted to escape extreme weather.

The “Durber Movement” required hundreds of trucks to be loaded with furniture, files, computers, and other government tools.

“Every year, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir is moved to Jammu during the winter and to Srinagar during the summer. While Durbar travels on at least 300 trucks, all official files are physically the capital. “I moved to another capital,” PK Paul, the head of Kashmir, told ANI.

“For the first time, files were digitized and put into e-office mode. Files are now available in both Jammu and Srinagar offices, which is important for development projects,” Pole added. .. Activities in Srinagar remained suspended, just as the Secretariat was functioning from Jammu. The reverse is also true. The simultaneous functioning of the Citizens’ Secretariat in both Jammu and Srinagar will significantly speed up the system, significantly reduce overhead costs, save huge resources, and improve efficiency and transparency. ” A statement from the Jammu and Kashmir administrations said.

UT’s Information Technology Department with NIC, e-Governance Agency, and State e-Mission Team (SeMT) successfully implemented e-Office by scanning and digitizing 3.50 Rakı files from the Secretariat. Did.

The 148-year-old traditional movement, which takes place twice a year, has been criticized for its enormous cost of about 13 billion rupees for one-way travel, inadvertent gaps in the provision of public services, and sometimes defeat. I am. Its sole purpose is to provide support to people in both regions of the UT.

“This year’s implementation of E-office has made Darbar Move’s exercises more customary, as only a few files containing confidential records were retrieved from Jammu to Srinagar this summer as part of their annual exercises. The Citizen’s Secretariat’s UT Administration has completely switched. From Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa, to an e-office that eliminates the requirement for physical movement of files / records. “

This exercise has garnered harsh criticism of the enormous waste of resources. Otherwise, it could be very well utilized for the public good of UT, which is mostly tied to cash and relies on central government funding for various development projects.

In addition, in 2020, the split bench of the Jean-Mu Kashmir High Court, consisting of then-Judge Gita Mittal and Judge Rajinesh Oswar, had no legal justification or constitutional basis in the 148-year tradition. I admitted.

Courts pointed out that this practice wasted a great deal of time, effort and energy on inefficient and unnecessary activities, diverting valuable resources to non-essential uses even if Union Territory could not provide them. He said he couldn’t. A basic necessity for those people. (ANI)