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NATION JUNE 16, 2023 | The Indian Eye 6

After G-20 meeting in Kashmir, Govt turns

focus to safe darshan for Amarnath pilgrims

Home Minister directs officials to ensure adequate stock of oxygen cylinders and their refilling
and also asked for the availability of additional teams of doctors

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Srinagar/New Delhi
roving their motto ‘service
before self’ veracious, Indian
PArmy assured successful com-
pletion of the G20 summit in Kashmir
amid several threats. Now, the Army
is all geared up to safeguard the holy
Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage in Kash-
mir.
Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Aujla, a
commanding officer in Indian Army
assured that the situation in Kashmir
is “pretty good”. “The general situ-
ation in the valley is under control.
The infiltration hasn’t happened this
year...We completed successful G20
meetings this year...We are very ro-
bust on the ground when our count-
er-infiltration grid is concerned,” said
Aujla, Chinar Corps Commander.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the
preparations for the Amarnath Yatra
at a high-level meeting in the national
capital, directing to ensure adequate A glimpse of the ongoing restoration work of Amarnath Yatra tracks by Border Road Organization (BRO) at Pahalgam in Anantnag (ANI)
security arrangements to make a com-
fortable pilgrimage for the pilgrims. Shah directed the provision of The meeting was attended by Niwas will help in providing accom-
Pointing out that it is the prior- all necessary amenities for Amarnath Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and modation for 30,000 Shri Amarnath
ity of Prime Minister Narendra Mo- Yatris, including travel, stay, electrici- Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Union Home pilgrims every year and will be partic-
di-led government that Amarnath ty, water, communication and health. Secretary, Director, Intelligence Bu- ularly helpful for yatris from weaker
pilgrims should have “comfortable He also directed to ensure a better reau, Director General of Border sections. It will help in traffic manage-
darshan and should not face any communication system on the Yatra Security Force and Central Reserve ment and ensure a seamless experi-
difficulty”, Shah directed the offi- route and the deployment of ma- Police Force, Director General of ence, he added.
cials concerned to make adequate chines to immediately open the route Border Roads Organization, Chief Manoj Sinha congratulated the
security arrangements on the entire in the event of a landslide. Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, Amarnath devotees, officials of the
route of 62 days long Amarnath Ya- During the meeting, he apprised other senior officials of Army, Central Shrine Board, all stakeholders and
tra, which will commence on July 1 officials that all the pilgrims of Ama- Government and Jammu and Kash- organizations associated with Amar-
and culminate on August 31. Shah rnath Yatra will be given RFID cards mir administration. nath Yatra and the people of Jammu
also stressed the need for smooth so that their real-time location can be Meanwhile, construction work on region for the commencement of the
arrangements on the route “from traced. Yatri Niwas and the Disaster Manage- construction work of the Yatri Niwas.
the airport and railway station to “The insurance coverage of Rs ment Center under the Oil and Natu- He expressed gratitude to the
the yatra base camp, and directed to 5 lakh for each Amarnath Yatri and ral Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) CSR Union Petroleum Minister for ap-
provide air service from Srinagar and Rs 50,000 for each animal will be initiative commenced in Jammu on proving 4-5 more Yatri Niwas under
Jammu at night for the convenience ensured. Apart from this, arrange- Tuesday. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union CSR initiatives for Baba Amarnath
of the pilgrims”. ments for tent city, Wi-Fi hotspots Minister for Petroleum and Natural devotees. This Seva of pilgrims on
The Home Minister later direct- and proper lighting will be made on Gas, and Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant the holy pilgrimage is really appre-
ed to ensure adequate stock of oxygen the travel route,” read a Home Min- Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, ciable, he said.
cylinders and their refilling and also istry statement. performed puja for the commence- He also expressed gratitude
asked for the availability of additional “Additionally, Online- live Dar- ment of construction work. The facil- to Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman
teams of doctors. He further directed shan of Baba Barfani, live telecast ity is being developed at Majeen Jam- ONGC and lauded the Board of Di-
for an adequate number of medical of morning and evening aarti in holy mu under the CSR initiative of Oil rectors of ONGC for their outstand-
beds and the deployment of ambu- Amarnath cave and religious and cul- and Natural Gas Corporation Limit- ing support in realizing the dream of
lances and helicopters to meet any tural programs will be organized at ed (ONGC) at a cost of Rs 51 crore. Yatri Niwas and Disaster Manage-
medical emergency. the base camp,” the statement added. Hardeep Singh Puri said the Yatri ment Center at Jammu.

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