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Amarnath yatra: Guv reviews arrangements at Holy Cave, other places

Amarnath yatra: Guv reviews arrangements at Holy Cave, other places

Srinagar, Jun 26 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today reviewed the arrangements made for annual Amarnath yatra, commencing from June 29, and conducted an aerial reconnaissance of the yatra route along the shortest Baltal axis and visited the Holy Cave in south Kashmir Himalayas, besides other places. Meanwhile, Group insurance for Yatris, service providers has been increased to Rs 3 lakh from the existing Rs 1 lakh. An official spokesperson here today said that the Governor, who is the chairman of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), accompanied by Umang Narula, Chief Executive Officer of the Board, conducted an aerial reconnaissance of the yatra route along the Baltal axis and visited the Holy Cave, Panjtarni, Baltal and Domel Yatra Camps and the Neelgrath Helipad. At Holy Cave, the Governor was briefed by the representatives of Army, J&K Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), NDRF, SDRF, the Leader of the Mountain Rescue Team and Sachin Jamwal, Director, Holy Cave Shrine area and Rakesh Badyal, Camp Director, Holy Cave, regarding the arrangements being made on and along the track from Upper Sangam-Lower Holy Cave-Holy Cave for the smooth conduct of the Yatra from June 29 onwards. The Governor issued instructions to the Camp Directors at Holy Cave to ensure the pitching of tents, shops and Langars only in the areas designated in the Lay Out Plan and directed the Army and Para Military Security units to recce the area, particularly the slopes above the Holy Cave, to see that there were no loose stones on these slopes. The Governor emphasized that proper sanitation arrangements should be ensured and the deep garbage pits should be dug to ensure the proper disposal of all bio-degradable wastes. At the Panjtarni Base Camp along with Ranjeet Singh, the Camp Director and officers of Army, security forces and the officers of the various other concerned departments, Governor inspected arrangements for supply of power, water supply, proper installation of Baths and toilets and treatment of their flows, dissemination of information through installation of PA System, maintenance of proper fire gaps, availability of firefighting equipment etc. He directed the Camp Director to personally supervise, daily, the status of the sanitation of 300 toilets being constructed and to ensure that regular doses of bacteria should be added by the agency responsible for ensuring sanitation. MORE UNI ABS SHK 2010

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