Under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the government has established its mobile network in Rudraprayag. This network has been named District Disaster Resource Network. The special thing is that this network will not only work continuously in case of disaster or any critical situation, but it also has the facility of mobile data, voice calling, high quality CCTV visual and WiFi.
Rudraprayag District DM Saurabh Gaharwar said that this initiative has been taken for the convenience of the devotees coming for the Chardham Yatra. Under this mobile network, devotees will be able to avail free WiFi facility. CDO GS Khati said that to avail the WiFi facility, one will have to go to the WiFi settings and register the mobile number. Then an OTP will come on the mobile number, after entering which the high-speed WiFi facility can be availed for half an hour. Its trial was done on Saturday.
Rudraprayag has become the first district in the country to have its own separate and complete mobile network. During the disaster on the Kedarnath footpath in July 2024, when other mobile networks stopped working, this network became a lifeline for travelers, laborers and rescue teams. Through this, people stranded on the way contacted their homes and it also helped a lot in relief and rescue operations.
The Char Dham Yatra 2025 officially began on April 30, with the opening of the doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham on Akshaya Tritiya amid Vedic chanting and rituals. The doors of Kedarnath were opened on May 2. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Kedarnath on May 2 and distributed prasad to devotees at the Mukhya Sewak Bhandara organized at the Kedarnath complex.
