JK Minister takes stock of facilities for Kheer Bhawani festival

Srinagar, May 22 (Scoop News) – In order to check personally the arrangements made by the District Administration Ganderbal and Dharmarth Trust for ensuing Kheer Bhawani mela, the Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation,  Raman Bhalla on Tuesday visited Tulamulla and took stock of the various measures put in place for the devotees.

The Minister was accompanied by the District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal  Showkat Ahmed Mir, Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, ACD, Engineers of R&B, PHE, PDD, CAPD, and other concerned Departments.

On the occasion, a number of locals met the Minister and expressed their keenness to welcome and greetings the devotees on the Kheerbhawani Mela which is a hallmark of thousands of  year’s old Kashmiri ethos and culture .

 Bhalla praised the majority community for extending their full cooperation and support to encourage the Kashmiri Pandit Migrants especially the employees of the said community for settling in the valley and work with their brethren in every nook and corner of the Valley without any fear and hoped that the safe return of whole migrant pandit community will take place in the near future.  

 The Deputy Commissioner briefed the Minister about all the arrangements already put in place for providing every possible facility to the pilgrims coming from the different parts of the Country including from Jammu for celebrating the Kheer Bhawani mela scheduled on May 29. He informed the Minister that additional water points have been installed, adding that the Engineers of the PDD department have been directed to ensure round the clock power supply during the mela days. He also told the Minister that CAPD will keep available ration, Sugar, K.oil and LPG adequately during the pilgrimage while the Health department have been directed to provide necessary medicines with Doctors and paramedical staff, so that the devotees may not face any kind of health problem.

 Mir also informed the Minister that more than four thousand blankets and some Halls at Yatri Bhawans and Dormitories’   in the premises of the Temple are ready for accommodating the yatries. He said that, if need arises, the devotees can be provided shelter in the nearby Higher Secondary School camps. He assured the Minister, that no stone will be left unturned to provide best possible facility to the pilgrims during the mela.He also said that the devotees will also be accommodated in tents.

In the meanwhile, the Minister said that 50 SRTC Buses will be kept available  at  the different Migrants camps and migrant concentrated locations at Jammu for carrying the devotees to and fro after Kheerbhawani darshan

Later, the Minister also visited Deputy Commissioner’s Office, and discussed various issues relating to the acquisition of land, identification of land for the construction of migrant transit quarters, progress of the Public Service Guarantee Act, RIT, cases if any pending against SRO 43, encroachment of Migrants land and displaying of the notices about the awareness about these the important Acts among the people.

He also visited Nuner Agriculture Farm House and other places to identify the land for the construction of the migrants quarters so that more migrants employees can be accommodated adequately and directed the Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal to speed up the process in this connection.

He also discussed measures for ensuing Amarnath yatra and directed the Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal to ensure adequate facilities for the pilgrims enrooted Amarnath Holly cave yatra. He called upon the concerned departments to act in close coordination to make the annual yatra a grand success.

The Minister also distributed cheques among the farmers of Barsu and Tulmulla as compensation against the land acquired for the construction of Central University. However he was informed that so far Rs. 16 crore have already been distributed among the land owners as compensation.

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