Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday mentioned preparations for this 12 months’s Shri Amarnath Yatra on the forty fourth assembly of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) at Raj Bhawan right here
The assembly was attended by shrine board members– Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, DC Raina, Kailash Mehra Sadhu, Okay N Rai, KN Shrivastava, Pitambar Lal Gupta, Dr Shailesh Raina, Prof Vishwamurti Shastri and Manju Garg.
“The members shared their inputs and ideas for enhancing the amenities for the pilgrims,” mentioned an official spokesman.
The assembly mentioned the continuing works and future tasks for clean and hassle-free pilgrimage, he added.
Dr Mandeep Okay Bhandari, principal secretary to LG and CEO SASB, made an in depth presentation and briefed the board on varied features of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2023, together with registration for Yatra, provision of helicopter providers, service suppliers, Yatra camps, langar/NGO providers, insurance coverage cowl for yatris and repair suppliers and many others.
He additional introduced the action-taken report on the selections taken within the earlier board conferences.
Chief engineer, BRO, briefed the assembly on the progress relating to upkeep, restoration and improvement works of the Yatra tracks.
The yatra takes place from Baltal and Pahalgam routes.
Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, chief secretary; Raj Kumar Goyal, further chief secretary, dwelling; Dilbag Singh, DGP; RR Swain, Particular DG CID; Mukesh Singh, ADGP Jammu; divisional commissioners; administrative secretaries; further CEO SASB and different senior officers from civil administration, SASB, police and military additionally attended the assembly, in individual and thru digital mode.
Final 12 months, after a Covid induced hole of two years, the 43-day lengthy annual Amarnath pilgrimage commenced on June 30 and concluded on August 11.