SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Thursday reviewed the security arrangements and deployment of personnel for the upcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra- 2023 at police headquarters here, with the senior Police officers of Kashmir Zone.
The yatra to the holy cave shrine is slated to commence from July 1.
The Director General of Police directed for elaborate security arrangements to ensure secure and peaceful conduct of Amarnath yatra as was done last year.
“All the arrangements for the deployment and distribution of manpower need to be synchronized at different levels for the conduct of the yatra. Adequate and effective deployments should be made on ground to address any vulnerability and to gaps if any,” he said.
The DGP directed the officers to fine tune these at sectoral level to augment an adequate response to any exigency.
Emphasising for focus on Road Opening Parties, lateral deployment, QRTs, BD squad, the DGP directed that adequate manpower be deployed to accomplish the task, while stressing for placing additional Naka points at sensitive places.
The DGP stressed upon the officers present in the meeting to maintain close coordination with their ranks and other security agencies to achieve better results and called for an effective mechanism and planning for smooth and peaceful conduct of the yatra.
He emphasized upon officers for special focus on sensitive locations and base camps while putting in place the security arrangements.
The DGP directed for making use of modern tools like CCTV Cameras, drones to monitor the security situation during the Yatra. He said that adequate arrangements with regard to disaster management should be made to tackle any natural calamity.
He directs for the workout of security preparedness en-route national highway in the districts. He emphasized that local & highway security grids need to be kept fully geared up at all levels. He also discussed traffic management on the National Highway.
DGP said that internet network facilities has been elaborately done on most of the areas enroute yatra and directed that Police Control Rooms should be highly technically equipped. He directed for publicity of the helpline numbers and assistance booths of J&K so that yatris could identify them easily if encountering any issue or problem.He directed for providing best possible boarding, lodging and other facilities for the jawans and officers deployed during the yatra.
The officers present in the meeting gave their suggestions for smooth conduct of SANJY. The officers apprised the DGP regarding their requirements and also briefed about the measures formulated for the peaceful conduct of the yatra.
During the meeting various matters related to acquisition of land for executing new projects of infrastructural development and implementation of various welfare measures in letter and spirit for the police personnel/SPO and martyr families were discussed threadbare.
Earlier, the DGP complimented JK Police and other security forces for ensuring foolproof security arrangement of the recently concluded G-20 meeting in Srinagar.
