JAMMU KASHMIR,SRINAGAR,INDIA Jun 13 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir government has deployed 20 senior civil administration and police officers for the Amarnath yatra to ensure timely and smooth conduct of the annual pilgrimage,scheduled to begin from June 25. “As per the recommendations of a high-level committee, set up after Governor N N Vohra’s meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the state government has relieved 20 experienced civil and police officers, who have been deployed at the various camps en route to the holy cave shrine,” Shri Amarnath Shrine Board Chief Executive Officer N K Choudhary said.
The officers will supervise all the arrangements and facilities being set up for the pilgrims, monitor the Yatra on hour-to-hour basis and furnish reports to the Shrine Board Control Room five times a day, at fixed hours, Choudhary said. It is expected that track clearance and other arrangements will be put in place well in time for the Yatra to commence from June 25, simultaneously along both the routes, he said. To ensure this, the Board has deployed additional manpower and ordered work to be done in double shift to compensate for the loss of time due to the adverse weather condition, he added.