Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) met here Thursday under Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and approved the building of a Disaster Recovery Centre outside the J&K seismic zone, as well as its upkeep and maintenance for a period of five years.
According to an official spokeswoman, the initiative has been considered as part of the adoption and deployment of e-office software in all main departments and offices of the J&K government.
He said that the J&K government’s digital services, including e-office, are run from servers located at the principal location in the Jammu Data Centre.
The development of a calamity Recovery Centre outside the J&K seismic zone, according to the spokesperson, would secure the complete data of the main site against any natural or technological calamity, with a backup at a secondary location in a separate seismic zone.
He said that it was critical to have a disaster recovery strategy in place to prevent catastrophe-related disruptions, making the construction of disaster recovery sites a crucial aspect of the system, particularly as the whole government’s functioning became digital.
The purpose of a disaster recovery plan, according to the spokesperson, is to sustain technical operations and promptly restore the capacity to do government business in the face of catastrophes such as floods, fires, earthquakes, or other unfavourable circumstances.
The meeting was also attended by Lieutenant Governor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar’s advisor, Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta, and Principal Secretary to LG Mandeep Kumar Bhandari.
