Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting to review preparedness for Amarnath Yatra
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today chaired a high-level meeting to take stock of the preparedness of the 62 days long Amarnath Yatra.
During the meeting, Mr Shah said, it is the priority of the Modi government that Amarnath pilgrims should have comfortable darshan and should not face any difficulty. He directed authorities to make adequate security arrangements on the entire route of Amarnath Yatra.
The Home Minister stressed on providing smooth arrangements on the route from the airport and railway station to the Yatra base camp. He also called for providing air service from Srinagar and Jammu at night for the convenience of the pilgrims.
Mr Shah said to ensure adequate stock of oxygen cylinders and their refilling. He also asked for availability of additional teams of doctors. Home Minister also directed authorities for arranging adequate number of medical beds and deployment of ambulances and helicopters to meet any medical emergency. He gave instructions to make proper arrangements for all necessary facilities for Amarn
ath Yatris, including travel, stay, electricity, water, communication and health. Mr Shah asked them to ensure better communication system on the yatra route and deployment of machines to immediately open route in case of a landslide.
During the meeting, it was apprised that all the pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra will be given RFID cards so that their realtime location can be traced. Five lakh rupees of insurance for each Amarnath Yatri and 50 thousand rupees for each animal will be done. Apart from this, arrangements for tent city, Wi-Fi hotspots, and proper lighting will be made on the travel route. Additionally, Online- live Darshan of Baba Barfani, live telecast of morning and evening aarti in holy Amarnath cave, and religious and cultural programs will be organized at the base camp.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Intelligence Bureau Chief Tapan Deka, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of the Northern Command Upendra Dwivedi, Director General of Border Roads Organisation Lieutenant General Rajiv Chaudhry, Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Arun Kumar Mehta, CRPF Director General SL Thaosen attended the meeting with other officials.
Amarnath Yatra will commence on 1st of July and will culminate on 31st August.
