The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Akshay Labroo today held a meeting to review the arrangements put in place for the ensuing festival of Maha Shivratri. The festival having great religious and cultural significance is scheduled to be celebrated on February 25 with zeal & enthusiasm by the Kashmiri Pandit community.
While taking review, DC directed concerned departments to ensure all necessary arrangements are put in place for the devotees especially at the Pandit colony, Sheikhpora, Budgam and other places.
DC instructed for ensuring hassle-free traffic movement for the devotees to the adjoining city areas, besides adequate facilities at the designated place for parking of the vehicles. He also directed for ensuring uninterrupted supply of electricity, besides illumination at the temple.
He directed executive engineer PHE Budgam to ensure adequate drinking water facility is available at the venue so that devotees do not face any problem. DC also directed the health department to deploy a nedical team at the venue with the availability of all medicines and first aid facilities.
He directed department of floriculture to ensure availability of sufficient quantities of flowers at the colony. AD Food was directed to ensure sufficient food grains there , and AD fisheries to install stalls of Fish, walnut, Almonds, lotus stem, saffron, honey etc inside the premises of pandit colony.
He also stressed on concerned for maintaining proper sanitation at the temple premises. Police authorities were asked to take all measures to ensure adequate security arrangements in and around the Colony.
Besides CPO budgam, CMO, Food safety officer, AD food, AD fisheries, Executive Engineer KPDCL, PHE , DSP HQ, representatives of all other concerned departments were present in the meeting.