Shah reviews security, logistics arrangements for Amarnath Yatra
16-Jun-2024 10:29 PM 6882
New Delhi, Jun 16 (Reporter) Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review security and logistics arrangements for upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The Home Minister instructed the security agencies to be vigilant and ensure sufficient deployment of security personnel for the Amarnath Yatra. He instructed establishing perfect inter-agency coordination for effective security arrangements, including a well-established standard operating response mechanism, an official statement said. Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, government is committed to ensure a convenient and hassle-free experience for the devotees and adopt eco-friendly measures in management of the Amarnath Yatra. He said that it is the government’s priority to ensure that devotees of Shri Amarnath Yatra can have holy darshan with ease and they do not have to face any difficulty. The meeting was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Lieutenant-Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary, Director, Intelligence Bureau, senior Army officers including Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande and Chief of Army Staff (Designate) Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, Director General of CAPFs, Chief Secretary and DGP of J&K and other senior officers. Notably, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has undertaken significant initiatives to make the Amarnath Yatra safe and comfortable for the devotees. Last year more than 4.5 lakh devotees took the holy darshan. This year the Yatra would commence on June 29. The Jammu and Kashmir Administration has made elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct of Yatra, including seamless registration, convoy movement, camping facilities, medical facilities, upgrading the tracks, providing power and water supply and mobile phone connectivity...////...
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