Uttarakhand: CM Dhami reviewed the preparations for the Chardham Yatra, gave instructions to the officials to complete the preparations
The compulsion of registration of local people for the upcoming Char Dham Yatra should be abolished. All the devotees coming to the Devbhoomi Uttarakhand will be given darshan in the Chardham Yatra of Uttarakhand. Arrangements should also be made for the darshan of the devotees who have made bookings in hotels and homestays for Chardham Yatra. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave these instructions to the officials while reviewing the preparations for the upcoming Chardham Yatra at the secretariat.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that all preparations should be completed on time for systematic, smooth and safe Chardham Yatra. Devotees coming to Devbhoomi Uttarakhand should also visit other major religious and tourist places of the state along with the Chardham Yatra, for this a wide publicity should be done about the major religious and tourist places of the state. For this, awareness campaign should be conducted by the tourism, police and transport department through various mediums. To promote Vocal for Local, the Prime Minister has appealed to the devotees to spend 05 percent of their travel expenses on local products. In order to promote local products in the state, some products should be promoted on a large scale. Local products should also be kept in GMVN. Information about the local products of the state should be made available to the general public. Proper arrangements for crash barriers should be made on Chardham Yatra routes. There should be proper arrangements for living and sleeping of the drivers at the parking places on the travel routes.
The Chief Minister said that proper arrangements should be made by the police for crowd management for the upcoming Chardham Yatra. Whatever necessary information is to be taken from the devotees, should be taken only once at the entry point of the state. It should be ensured that the devotees coming to Devbhoomi Uttarakhand do not face any problem. Those departments from which personnel are on duty for Chardham Yatra, the personnel who want to voluntarily go on Chardham duty should be given first priority. Whatever health camps are being organized on Chardham Yatra, they should be organized in a systematic manner. Some local people should be kept as traveling friends for Chardham Yatra. Arrangements should be made for the drivers to stay and sleep in the parking places on the travel routes. Special care should be taken of the fitness of the vehicles coming on the Chardham Yatra, for this coordination should be done with other states as well.
In the meeting, Chief Secretary Dr. S.S. Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, Secretary R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Shailesh Bagoli, Arvind Singh Hyanki, Sachin Kurve, H.C. Semwal, Garhwal Commissioner Sushil Kumar, IG Garhwal K.S. Nagnyal, IG Riddhim Agarwal, Additional Secretary C. Ravi Shankar, MD GMVN Vinod Giri Goswami, District Magistrate Rudraprayag Mayur Dixit, District Magistrate Chamoli Himanshu Khurana and District Magistrate Uttarkashi Abhishek Ruhela were present through virtual medium.
