Rajdharaa, the state wide unified gateway for spatial decision support system is a great initiative by the government of Rajasthan. This gateway helps in increasing the efficiency and productivity of all the government departments by providing a single window of services to citizens & government entities.
This is a GIS (geographic information system) initiative by Rajasthan. It allows the users to see many types of data on one platform. It is a system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface. RajDharaa not only integrates existing data across departments, but also provides a platform for data sharing, collaboration & service delivery.
The main motive behind this great initiative was to establish integrated and an effective GIS infrastructure which would enable sustainable development, good governance, a state wide standardized GIS assets and citizen empowerment. This platform helps to process, acquire, store, distribute and improve the utilization of geospatial data based on OGC standards. Here Departments can build their layers on the platform and also share the layers created by other departments for decision making. The various government departments can show the developmental works undertaken by them in the state. For instance, the education department of the state, with the help of RajDharaa can allow the users to have a view of the number of schools run by the government in the different areas, with minor details like the number of students studying in a particular school, number of toilets, water facilities etc. Similarly, other department and projects like MJSA (Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan) can show the development work undertaken at different Baoris in the state. This initiative includes all the departments like Medical & Health, Police, Utilities, Power, Commercial Taxes, Water Resources, Education, Forestry, Agriculture, Urban Development etc.
This step by the government has not only given the users (residents of the state) to have a complete check on the government’s activities but has also made governance in the state transparent. Raj’s Integrated GIS initiative RajDharaa has received Special Achievement award in GIS (SAG) at Esri User Conference in US.
Government of Rajasthan is also currently working towards developing 3D Models and virtual walk through of various heritage infrastructure, historical monuments, modern and old colonies, important buildings, etc which would enable various Line Departments like Urban Development, Town Planning, PWD etc. to create prototypes of transportation planning, large scale infrastructure development, cadastral and land planning, modelling and impact assessments and town planning in 3D GIS environment. The proposed 3D City model will be incorporated with Rajdharaa for providing a flawless view of the developed 3D models on Web.
