KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
A high level meeting was held here Thursday under the chairmanship of NN Vohra, Governor of J&K, who is also Chairman of Amarnath Shrine Board, to discuss and decide the security and access control related arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra which is scheduled to commence on 2nd July 2015, simultaneously from both the Baltal and the Chandanwari routes.
The Governor stressed the vital importance of effective coordination being maintained among the functionaries of all the concerned State Government Civil and Police Departments, Army, Central Armed Police Forces, Amarnath Shrine Board and all other concerned Agencies for ensuring the effective functioning of the planned security related arrangements.
The meeting also discussed the enforcement of effective Access Control in the Baltal and Nunwan Base Camps and at the Domel and Chandanwari Access Control Gates and effective traffic regulation from Lakhanpur Check Post onwards.
The Governor directed that the DGP and the Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir regions undertake a thorough review of all required arrangements for promptly dealing with any arising disaster situation and, for this purpose, evolve clear Standard Operating Procedures which would be shortly followed by all the stakeholders, including the District Administration and Security Forces.
