Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, held a high-level assembly of civil administration and police on Wednesday to take stock of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, 2023, in mild of Supreme Court instructions to make sure clean conduct of the Yatra.
Mehta noticed that the Yatra is crammed with spiritual fervour and must be developed as benchmark in spiritual tourism. The Yatra has important influence on each our financial system and composite tradition.
He stated that each one preparations made ought to make the Yatra a memorable expertise. He additionally stated that the pilgrims ought to totally get pleasure from this non secular journey within the lap of nature with none haste to cowl extra distance.
The Chief Secretary took first hand appraisal from all of the involved Departments and Deputy Commissioners concerning the civil works associated to the graceful conduct of the Yatra. He enquired from them the sort of preparations and again up plans for offering dependable lodging, water, electrical energy amenities made by every of them of their districts.
He directed the Divisional and District Administration to make sure that no langar, tenement or another service is established in catastrophe inclined areas. He urged the involved DCs to certify the identical earlier than graduation of the Yatra. He additionally requested for deployment of NDRF, SDRF and mountain rescue workforce personnel in ample numbers in any respect the weak spots enroute Holy Cave.
Mehta additionally laid stress on making certain that applicable variety of washrooms, dustbins, sanitation staff must be in place at every location. He careworn on making all the bottom camps and different websites snug, clear and hygienic utilizing fashionable strategies particularly round Langar areas. He requested for deploying ample manpower for upkeep of public utilities and offering of all of the paraphernalia required in these utilities.
Moreover the Chief Secretary made out that each one the Departments ought to prominently show their achievements proper from coming into the UT at Lakhanpur until reaching holy cave. He laid stress on enhancing the aura and face lifting of the entry factors at Lakhanpur, Railway Stations and Airports of J-Ok.
Mehta requested the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag and Ganderbal to look at each the routes as much as holy cave themselves and see that each one crucial, protecting works have been carried out satisfactorily. He requested them to make sure correct cleanliness and illumination of all of the routes and areas in order that the atmosphere is festive in the entire of the UT.
He additional stated that the SHGs registered beneath JKRLM, Mission Youth and different businesses must be offered a chance to showcase their merchandise enroute yatra. He additionally referred to as for offering ample alternatives to the locals to do their enterprise as per the rules made for every commerce.
He took word of all of the preparations made until date by departments like Health, Jal Shakti, PDD, PWD, RDD, HUDD, BRO, Shrine Board, and the divisional and district administration. He directed them that there must be excessive finish preparations from every quarter with inter-departmental coordination in order that the preparations made are each environment friendly and established on time.
On the event, the Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, who can also be CEO of the Shrine Board gave detailed presentation of the preparations made for clean conduct of this yr’s yatra.
It was given out that just about 4000 sanitation staff and 12000 service suppliers are going to be roped on this yr for offering totally different providers to the pilgrims. Further it was revealed that RFID passes after aadhar primarily based eKYC of every registered yatri could be granted for higher administration and avoiding of overcrowding and rush throughout yatra this yr.
It was made out that each one the amenities are being upgraded from final yr with provision for higher well being, connectivity, telecom, water, electrical energy amenities together with a catastrophe mitigation plan.
The assembly was knowledgeable that lodging amenities for some 70000 pilgrims at base camps and round 53000 at different lodgements goes to be offered to the devotees. Regarding the telecom providers it was stated that 25 towers could be put in by BSNL, 7 by Airtel and 29 by Reliance Jio in addition to excessive velocity web by way of lease line to yatra camps. The yatra could be monitored on actual time foundation within the Integrated CommandControl Centre situated centrally.
It was additionally made out that 29 well being amenities are going to be established enroute to be manned by round 1800 medics/paramedics to be offered by GoI (188), different States/UTs (695) and the JK Government (907) itself. This yr the 100 bedded hospitals at Baltal and Chandanwadi are going to drastically improve the well being amenities for yatris with extra function of telemedicine and tremendous speciality providers by way of e-Sanjeevani portal, the assembly was apprised.
It was made out that climate forecasting infrastructure is upgraded with use of RADARs and Automatic climate stations (AWS). The broken bridges on each the axis are being re-launched in addition to widening/upgradation of slender and weak stretches as per the Supreme Court instructions, as was learnt throughout this assembly. (ANI)