Haryana Chief Secretary, Keshni Anand Arora on Monday said all arrangements have been ensured to facilitate Kanwarias and ensure a safe and comfortable yatra for devotees in the state.
Arora directed all the Deputy Commissioners and Police Officers to arrange police patrolling vehicles and ambulances on every 10 to 15 kms for the Kanwar yatra which will continue till July 30. Apart from this, arrangement of 24 hours emergency services should be made available in the hospitals for the convenience of the devotees.
Presiding over a meeting with all the Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Chief Medical Officers through video conferencing here,
she directed the concerned officials to ensure proper traffic management during theyatra. In the meeting, preparations of the 550th Prakash Parv Samaroh and the Jal Shakti Abhiyan were also reviewed.
Director General of Police, Manoj Yadava said adequate security arrangements have been made in the state. As many as 4,000 policemen receiving training from Haryana Police Academy have been deployed. 250 additional policemen each have been deputed in every district and the vehicles are being checked.
Reviewing the preparations for the 550th Prakash Parv of Sri Guru Nanak Dev to be held in Sirsa on August 4, Arora directed the concerned officials to assess actual number of buses and the number of devotees, and send the report by July 30 so that all arrangements could be completed at the district level. She said that a special line should be arranged on toll plazas for all the vehicles coming to the function and the police personnel should also be present on toll plazas so that devotees may not face any inconvenience.
Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Sameer Pal Srow said that the function will be organised for two days.