Amarnath Yatra 2023: As the annual Amarnath Yatra is about to start from July, the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, conveyed a meeting of varied security and intelligence agencies on Thursday (April 27) to discuss security measures and deployment of troops within the Jammu area following the fear assault on an Indian Army truck in Poonch.
At least 5 Army personnel had been charred to demise after unidentified terrorists fired upon a automobile transferring between Bhimber Gali and Poonch within the Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The automobile caught hearth, due to using grenades by terrorist. The incident happened on a freeway within the Bhata Dhurian space, some 90 kms from Poonch. Drone surveillance is ebing carried out within the space the place terrorists fired on an Indian Army truck.
The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, positioned at a peak of three,880 metres within the south Kashmir Himalayas, will start on July 1 and proceed until August 31. The pilgrim can go to the shrine through two routes — the standard 48-km route via Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag and the 14-km shorter however steep Baltal route within the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir.
Minutes from the meeting
Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, convened a preparatory meeting in connection with the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra and mentioned the varied points together with ample police and security pressure deployment within the area, officers mentioned. “At the outset of the meeting, a detailed discussion was held and a briefing was also given by the officers of CRPF, police and intelligence agencies, in view of the present security scenario and possible threats to the yatra this year,” they mentioned.
The ADGP additionally suggested the officers to be sure that correct co-ordination is required to be maintained amongst all of the intelligence agencies, Army, paramilitary forces, site visitors and security wings of their respective districts and areas of duty for a clean and incident-free yatra, the officers mentioned. Singh additionally requested Jammu divisional commissioner to take quick motion on sure points raised by CRPF commandants in order that no inconvenience is triggered to troops being deployed for the aim.
Registration for annual Amarnath Yatra
The registration for the Amarnath pilgrimage started on April 17 at designated financial institution branches throughout the nation to safe a allow.
Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) can even allow reside telecasts of morning and night Aarti (Prayers) for devotees throughout the globe. Shri Amarnathji Yatra’s App has been made obtainable on the Google Play retailer to get real-time details about the Yatra, climate and for availing a number of providers on-line.
During the forty fourth meeting of SASB chaired by the Lt Governor, the members and officers had reviewed numerous points of Shri Amarnathji Yatra-2023, together with registration, provision of helicopter providers, service suppliers, camps, langars and insurance coverage cowl for Yatris.
(With PTI inputs)
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