The Simhastha mobile app won Skoch Order of Merit award for management of the mega religious fair, at a summit held in Hyderabad recently. The Simhastha mobile application project qualified for Order of Merit award by figuring among top 100 smart projects and was selected for the top Platinum award in its category. The app was downloaded 30,000 times across Android, iOS and windows platforms,” said Manish Vijayvargiya, the senior consultant for Simhastha mela management. The Simhastha website received 12.6 lakh hits compared to 3.6 lakh and 1.6 lakh visitors in Allahabad Kumbh and Nashik Kumbh. More than 2.60 lakh viewers navigated GIS-based digital maps via mobile app, and website,” Vijayvargiya told HT.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2016 05:52 UTC