Hon’ble Chief Minister launches Shresth Himachal (Excellent Himachal) App on 5th October 2017 in Shimla. Shri V.C. Pharka, Chief Secretary, Shri Kaul Singh, Revenue Minister, Shri Prakash Chaudhary, Excise & Taxation Minister and MLAs were present on the occasion. The App can be used by citizens and administration for grievances and complaints related to crime, disaster, garbage, road blockage, forest theft/ fire or road accident. Shri. VC Pharkha, Chief Secretary guided the development of this Mobile App. For filing complaints, user can authenticate themselves through their mobile phone using OTP. One can also send photograph of the incidence with GPS coordinates. The details are then provided to the concerned Sub Divisional and District government functionaries and accessible through their respective dashboard for carrying out necessary action. The emergency contacts in the App can be used to send emergency SMS and the GPS coordinates of the sender helps in finding/ tracking if needed. A complete directory of important functionaries of Himachal Pradesh government is also available upto the Sub-Division/ Block level. The App has been developed by the NIC, Himachal Pradesh, a competency centre for developing mobile Apps in the country. The App can be downloaded to smart phones from the web portal of Himachal Government, NIC’s eGovMobile App Store and Google PlayStore.