Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 29 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered the structure of a high-level three-member committee to analyze the causes of the landslide that occurred on August 26 close to Adhkuwari en path to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.
Shaleen Kabra, Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Jal Shakti, Jammu and Kashmir, will head the committee, which incorporates the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu, in line with an official order.
The committee has been tasked to conduct an in depth investigation and submit its report inside two weeks to LG Sinha, who can also be the chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), it stated.
The order has said that the Committee shall look at intimately the causes and causes behind the incident and level out any lapses, assess responses within the type of rescue and aid measures undertaken and counsel applicable SOPs and measures for stopping recurrence of such incidents in future, the order stated.
The order got here following the August 26 landslide, which occurred close to Inderprastha Bhojnalaya at Adhkwari cave temple situated on the best way to the Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta Hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier within the day, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) expressed profound grief over the tragic lack of pilgrims’ lives within the pure catastrophe on August 26 and clarified the factual particulars to counter deceptive media experiences, stated an official.
In a press release issued by SMVDSB, ‘Just a few media experiences have been circulating since yesterday alleging that Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra was allowed to proceed in full disregard to climate advisories and on the expense of pilgrim security. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) expresses deep sorrow and ache on the unlucky lack of lives of pilgrims within the pure catastrophe on twenty sixth August, and locations on report the proper factual place to dispel the impression being created by the insinuating media experiences. The Board categorically denies the allegations as false and baseless.’
‘The climate situations had remained clear and conducive for pilgrimage on the twenty sixth August morning till round 10:00 AM, throughout which era the yatra proceeded usually, a lot in order that even the helicopter providers had been working seamlessly throughout that point. In reality, the Board had made elaborate preparations for positioning its enforcement employees and Disaster Management Task Force alongside all the monitor as per its established normal working process,’ the assertion stated.
‘The Board monitored climate updates carefully, and as quickly because the forecast for reasonable rains was obtained, registrations had been instantly suspended. The majority of the yatris had been shifting down the monitor after finishing darshan on the Holy Cave Shrine. Thousands of yatris en route had then easily accomplished their pilgrimage again to Katra,’ it added. (ANI)