How the Aarogya Setu App became Compulsory for Travel?

Aarogya Setu is a brilliant app as an initiative to connect essential health services to Indian citizens to keep their fight alive against Covid-19 pandemic. Amidst this crazy scene, Aarogya Setu has helped to keep tab on the coronavirus cases & track patients in your vicinity. This GPS enabled app helps you to spread awareness of the pandemic & keep the alert on.

Importance of Aarogya Setu

Let us now put our minds towards the growing importance of Aarogya Setu at the time of travelling:

Contact tracing

The first & the most important use of Aarogya Setu has been contact tracing. With the Railways department re-opening their services across the country, it has become a norm to stay informed about passengers health before their travel journey begins, for which the Railways took a step to bring the Aarogya Setu app in place.

Instant decisions

According to a study, the decision to make the Aarogya app mandatory was in an instant, with the Railways calling out the decisions, just before the first set of special trains were allowed to start.

Ministry of Home Affairs

The decision by Ministry of Home Affairs was awe-striking due to its absence from their official guidelines and how things went unnoticed.

Timing of the Episode

The Railways fortunately had passengers already been asked to arrive 90 minutes before departure which gave the passengers enough time to download the app at the station.

Feature version

Meanwhile, it is possible that the Railway Ministry is planning to introduce a feature- phone (non-smartphone) version of the mobile app as well, for the Shramik Special passengers.