Srinagar, June 01: To ensure a hassle-free Amarnath Yatra in the Union Territory, the Director-General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh on Thursday reviewed preparedness of security arrangements and deployment of personnel.
He directed for elaborate security arrangements to ensure secure and peaceful conduct of Amarnath yatra as was done last year.
The DGP said that all the arrangements for the deployment and distribution of manpower need to be synchronized at different levels for the conduct of the yatra.
Singh said that adequate and effective deployments should be made on ground to address any vulnerability and to gaps if any. He directed the officers to fine tune these at sectoral level to augment an adequate response to any exigency.
He emphasized for focus on ROPs, lateral deployment, QRTs, BD squad and added that adequate manpower has to be deployed to accomplish the task. He directed for placing additional Naka points at sensitive places.
He emphasized upon officers for special focus on sensitive locations and base camps while putting in place the security arrangements. He 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.
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 were discussed threadbare.
