Saturday, 27 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reviewed the preparations for the upcoming Char Dham Yatra at the secretariat on Friday. He directed the officials to ensure all the necessary arrangements on the Yatra routes before the start of the pilgrimage.
Dhami said that the secretaries of all the departments concerned should undertake inspection of the Yatra routes before the start of the Yatra. He directed the chief secretary to hold a weekly review meeting regarding the preparations for the Yatra. He also directed the officiating director general of police to conduct a ground inspection before Yatra to improve traffic management and law and order situation during the Yatra.
The CM directed that the private healthcare testing kits should be arranged at various places on the Yatra route for elderly devotees.
Dhami said that since Char Dham Yatra is the centre of faith for the devotees special attention should be paid to cleanliness on the Yatra routes. Hr said that the Pollution Control Board should provide funds to the district magistrates for plastic and garbage management on Yatra routes.
The CM said that the verification of horse and mule operators should be done for the Yatra. He added that all the horses and mules used in the Yatra should be registered only after their health check-up.
On a terse note the CM said that all the officers and employees associated with the Char Dham Yatra should show decency and it should be ensured that the devotees are not misbehaved with. The security personnel deployed on the Yatra duty should be on alert mode. The CM directed the officers that all the security personnel deployed on Char Dham Yatra duty are given rest after every six hours.
The CM advocated better use of social media for information dissemination related to weather, traffic management and other arrangements to pilgrims. He directed a directory for the Yatra should be prepared and made available in different languages in hotels, guest houses and home-stays for pilgrims.
The portals of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines will open on May 10 while the portals of Badrinath Dham will open on May 12.
The Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj, Urban Development minister Prem Chand Agarwal, chairman of BKTC Ajendra Ajay, chief secretary Radha Raturi and other officers were present in the meeting.
