He said the snow clearance on the track to the cave shrine would be ensured by deploying men to facilitate the yatra. “Measures should be taken to provide all facilities to the yatris during the period in close coordination with local people”, he stressed.
Chief Secretary, S. S. Kapur, Financial Commissioner, Home, Verghese Samuel, DG, CID, Ashok Bhan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Principal Secretary to Governor and Chief Executive Officer, SASB, B. B. Vyas, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Masaud Samoon, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Secretary, Tourism, Ms. Tanveer Jehan, IGP, Kashmir and other senior officer were present in the meeting.
In the power-point presentation, Mr. Samoon gave a resume of the arrangements put in place this year for the smooth conduct of yatra.
It was stated that the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag and Ganderbal districts would be the Yatra Officers to oversee all arrangements during the yatra period. It was stated that as many as 19 State government departments including Revenue, Animal Husbandry, CAPD, Forests, Health, JKTDC, Information, R&B, PDD, PHE, Police and Fire & Emergency Services will provide necessary facilities to the yatris during the period. In addition, Central government agencies like Army, Air Force, Security, BSNL, Meteorological Department, All India Radio and Doordarshan will also provide services during the yatra period.
It was stated that medicare, drinking water, power supply, essential commodities, firewood and various other facilities would be provided to the yatris en route holy cave. The arrangements for transportation, helicopter service, tentage have also been made, besides a contingency plan to tackle any eventuality.
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