Div Com reviews arrangements for Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), Friday following

Srinagar, Aug 30: In view of the forthcoming religious occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg Saturday convened a meeting of officers to ensure elaborate arrangements at prominent religious places including major masjids and shrines.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir division, Commissioner SMC, SSPs, SSP Traffic Rural, senior officers of all the civil departments including KPDCL, PHE, FCS&CA, PWD, Food Safety, Legal Metrology, LCMA, Wakf Board, Health department, Police and religious leaders of various Shrines, said an official release.

Div Com reviewed the availability of basic civil amenities at major shrines across Kashmir division including Hazratbal shrine, Jenab Sahib Soura, Aasar-i-Sharief Kalashpora, Aham-i-Sharief Bandipora, Kabamarg Anantnag, Pethmakhama Budgam, Dargah e Aaliya, Baramulla and at all other mosques and shrines where large numbers of devotees gather for night prayers. On the occasion, Div Com took a detailed review of arrangements for the congregational and night prayers at Hazratbal shrine, where over one lakh devotees are expected to observe Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW). Div Com directed CE KPDCL to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity at Hazratbal Shrine with a backup plan for DG set so that the shrine management may not face any inconvenience. Besides, he instructed postponement of any scheduled power shutdown on the occasion of Milad.

Further, he instructed PHE for the installation of an adequate number of drinking water posts with a standby plan of water tankers in the proximity of the shrine.