CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reviewed the arrangements of Chardham Yatra 2024, said- ‘Officials should continuously monitor
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while reviewing the Chardham Yatra arrangements at the Secretariat on Friday, took feedback on various arrangements from the District Magistrates of the districts related to the Chardham Yatra. The Chief Minister is going to Barkot and taking stock of the arrangements of Yamunotri Dham from Ground Zero. In view of the convenience of the devotees in the Chardham Yatra and to make the journey easier, the Chief Minister himself is taking charge. The Chief Minister has instructed the secretaries of all the departments related to the Chardham Yatra to continuously monitor all the arrangements related to their departments on the Chardham Yatra routes and also send senior officials of the departments to the spot. He said that all the officers should fully cooperate with the District Magistrate and SP of the districts associated with the Chardham Yatra in the travel arrangements. Any kind of negligence in travel arrangements will not be tolerated.
Adequate facilities should be available on walking routes
The Chief Minister directed that at the places where arrangements have been made to accommodate the passengers, it should be ensured that all the basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, toilets, food, milk for children and other necessary facilities are available at those places. He directed that adequate quantity of drinking water and other facilities should be available to the devotees on the Chardham walking routes.
In view of crowd management and convenience of the devotees during Chardham Yatra, alternative routes should be arranged as per requirement and devotees should also be given information about these routes. The Chief Minister instructed the Secretary Transport that special care should be taken of the fitness of the vehicles. If any vehicle is running on the travel route without fitness, the responsibility for this should be fixed on the concerned transport officers. The Chief Minister said that the devotees should be sent on Chardham Yatra only as per the registration. Offline registration should be postponed for the time being.
The Chief Minister took information about Kedarnath Yatra from District Magistrate Rudraprayag. District Magistrate Rudraprayag Saurabh Gaharwar informed that the Yatra is going on smoothly in Kedarnath. Till date, 11 thousand devotees have visited Kedarnath, 08 thousand pilgrims have gone for darshan on foot. All basic facilities are being provided to the devotees at the halting places. He said that the arrangements for vehicular movement on the Yatra route are being monitored from the control room through CCTV cameras. Adequate police force has been arranged on the yatra route for traffic management. District Magistrate Rudraprayag said that he looked at the travel arrangements from Rudraprayag to Gaurikund on Thursday night. While giving information about the visit to Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham, District Magistrate Uttarkashi Dr. Meharban Singh Bisht said that today 11 thousand devotees are likely to visit Gangotri Dham and 10 thousand devotees to Yamunotri Dham. All basic facilities are being provided at the places where arrangements have been made to stay for the devotees.
SP Uttarkashi said that some people have been found with fake registrations, against whom strict action is being taken. District Magistrate Chamoli Himanshu Khurana said that the Yatra is going on smoothly in Badrinath. All arrangements are being made in view of the increase in the number of devotees in view of the holidays in the coming week.
