Uttarakhand: Chardham Yatra Preparation, Disaster Secretary conducted an online review meeting, the Secretary gave these instructions to the concerned officials

Under the chairmanship of Secretary, Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, Dr. Ranjit Kumar Sinha, an online review meeting was held at the secretariat on Saturday on the subject of Chardham Yatra to discuss various points for better coordination and operation in the proposed table top and mock exercises on 18 and 20 April 2023. Organized.

In the meeting, Secretary Disaster Management discussed about the deployment of coordinator officers during the mock exercise and ensuring wide public awareness towards the mock exercise. Along with this, details of departmental nodal officers, sector officers, deployment of incident commanders, their location, satellite phone numbers and other important information were discussed. The meeting also discussed about the deployment of police personnel, SDRF and NDRF.

Check points on Chardham Yatra route, entry and exit points of pilgrims on GIS platform, disaster management plan of Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi, arrangements for travel control room, facilities for pilgrims, arrangement of necessary resources in advance, NGOs and Detailed discussions were held on the details of volunteers with location, accommodation arrangements for passengers, helicopter services, public awareness strategies, relief camps, hospitals, ATMs and petrol pumps.

On this occasion, Additional Secretaries Savin Bansal and Anand Srivastava and District Magistrates of Uttarkashi, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Haridwar, Commander of NDRF 15th Vehicle Gadarpur Udham Singh Nagar, Indian Air Force officers, District Disaster Management of various districts were present through virtual medium. officers and other concerned officials were present.