Security measures in place for Amarnath yatra, says DIG !!! Jammu, June 25 :- With just three days left for the start of the Amarnath yatra, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Jammu-Kathua range, Shakeel Ahmad Beig, today claimed that all security arrangements had already been put in place to make the yatra safe and incident-free. “From Lakhanpur (the gateway of Jammu and Kashmir) to Jawahar Tunnel in the Jammu region, necessary deployment of security personnel has already been made to ensure foolproof security of pilgrims. Security agencies have chalked out a well-planned strategy to defeat the anti-national and anti-social elements,” the DIG said. He said the Police Department was alert and senior officers had constantly been conducting night inspections to review the security scenario in Jammu. “Various security agencies had been working in close coordination to ensure safe pilgrimage,” he said. The 55-day yatra to the cave shrine of Lord Shiva will begin from June 28 and conclude on August 21. On June 17, the Army had said militants might try to disrupt the yatra this year and the statement was endorsed by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde when he confirmed that there was a terror threat to the pilgrimage. The Chief Minister, however, contradicted the statements, saying, “While we will take all regular precautions with a multi-layer security grid, the yatra-attack feared headlines are a gross exaggeration.” Beig appealed to the pilgrims to bear in mind the Supreme Court guidelines for the yatra. “Only those pilgrims who possess a proper yatra registration permit and necessary medical certification will be allowed to proceed towards the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir from Jammu.”
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:21:58 +0000
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