Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Administration and Police carried out a Mock Drill to evaluate the general preparedness, security, visitors and mobility plans for the upcoming 2-month-long Amarnath pilgrimage. The 62-day-long annual Amarnath Yatra will begin on 1 July 2023 and can culminate on 31 August 2023. According to experiences, the J&Ok Administration and the Police collectively carried out a mock drill forward of Amarnath Yatra. A Yatra convoy was despatched underneath safety and all different preparations have been correctly checked by the officers.
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#WATCH | J&Ok administration and Police collectively held a mock drill forward of Amarnath Yatra. A Yatra convoy was despatched underneath safety. All the preparations have been checked by the officers pic.twitter.com/gUU1OELXwt
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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha additionally chaired a high-level assembly with the senior officers of Police and Civil Administrations to evaluate visitors administration and a complete mobility plan through the Amarnath Yatra. The LG directed Zone-wise visitors planning on the National Highway-44 in shut coordination with involved departments, District Administrations, Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) and Traffic Police to make sure easy visitors, parking, and pedestrian operations. Time slots for the motion of convoys, livestock, automobiles carrying important gadgets and horticulture produce must be notified. Strict enforcement of Traffic Advisories, Schedules and cutoff timings have to be ensured, the LG Singa directed the officers.
A Mock Drill was additionally carried out earlier by the National Disaster Management Authority and District Disaster Management Authorities and all of the involved Govt and personal companies from the Baltal axis to take care of any eventuality through the 2-month-long Amarnath pilgrimage.Â
Member Secretary NDMA, Kamal Kishore, Brig. B.S Thakar from NDMA; Camp Director Baltal, Ghan Shyam Singh and ADC Ganderbal, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah carried out the Mock train on the Baltal route masking each pure in addition to man-made disasters. The train was carried out to evaluate the general preparedness and response measures taken at important websites to take care of any untoward incident on the Baltal route of Amarnath Yatra.
NDMA specialists educated the individuals on key features of catastrophe administration such because the formation of Incident Response Teams, coordination amongst varied collaborating companies, evacuation, medical preparedness and trauma counselling.
Traffic Police, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and different companies also needs to deploy extra males and equipment to reply to real-time occasions and to mitigate the results of a breakdown, he added.
The LG instructed the officers of the Traffic Police to make the most of Integrated Command and Control Centres for efficient visitors, transit and journey demand administration. He directed the Divisional Commissioners and Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) to general supervise the visitors administration of their respective divisions.
The assembly additionally mentioned the utilization of the Mughal Road, alternate routes, public utilities alongside Mughal Road and visitors administration at Pahalgam and Sonamarg. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Bhim Sen Tuti gave an in depth briefing on the motion plan for the Yatra.
ACS Home RK Goyal, DGP Dilbag Singh, Principal Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Shailendra Kumar, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board CEO Mandeep Kumar Bhandari,, all ADGPs, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs and senior officers attended the assembly.
