Amarnath Yatra Inspector General of Police takes stock of preparedness

JAMMU, June 5:  Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Jammu, Rajesh Kumar, today chaired a meeting of officers of intelligence agencies,  CRPF, BSF, Army, Police, Armed/IRP, Traffic, Security, SDRF and civil administration in Zonal Police Hqrs here to take stock of the preparedness  for smooth and peaceful conduct of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2014.

Intelligence agencies briefed the chair about their assessment on security and law & order situation and also highlighted the areas of concern based on available inputs as well as based on past experiences that need more focus for enhancing the security and law and order measures during the forthcoming Shri Amarnath Yatra.

DIG Traffic, concerned District SPs, SP Security and CO SDRF also briefed the chair about their preparedness and highlighted areas of concerns which need to be taken care by all the concerned stake-holders at ground level for better management of yatra.

IGP exhorted concerned officers to take note of the highlighted areas of concerns and make concerted efforts to improve upon these areas. He emphasised on enhanced vigil and security in coordinated manner besides the need for proper regulation of Yatra convoys on NHW, provision of basic amenities at Lodgement Centre and wide publicity through print and electronic media educating people to undertake their pilgrimage only on the dates as per their registration to avoid inconvenience. He asked all the District SPs and officers from CRPF and Armed  Police to sensitize their officers and men being deployed on Yatra duty that they should be courteous and polite while dealing with Yatris and serve as a guide also.

The officers who attended the meeting include   Narinder Singh, DIG CRPF Jammu (N);    Parveen Kumar Sharma, DIG CRPF Jammu; S.A.Watali, DIG Traffic Jammu; Surinder Kumar Gupta, DIG CID Jammu;   S.A.Beig, DIG JSK Range;   A.K.Atri, DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range;   A.Wani, DIG DKR Range; K.L.Bhagat, DIG AP Jammu; K.S.Parihar, Addl. Deputy Commissioner Jammu;   Soujanya Sharma, Director Tourism Jammu; Jt. Director Information Jammu, A.K.Wangoo, Dy Director Fire Services Jammu. Atul Goel,  SSP Jammu;   Sham Sunder Sharma, SSP APCR Jammu;   S.D.P.Singh, SSP Telecom Jammu, M.Suleman Choudhary, SP Udhampur;   Anil Mangotra, SP Samba;   Virender Sharma,  SP CID SB Jammu; S.J.S.Johar, SP PCR Jammu;   Javed Mattoo, SP Ramban;   Mubassir Latifi, SP Rajouri;   Vivek Gupta, SP Reasi;   Ramesh Angral, SP Security Jammu;    Shailender Singh, SP CID CI Jammu;      Mohan  Lal, SP Kathua;  Shri Shamsheer Hussain, SP Poonch; Shri M.S.Chouhan, SP Doda;  Pawan Parihar, SP Traffic Rural Jammu; Shri Rakesh Sharma, I/C SO to DIG CRPF;   Stanzin Norboo, CO SP SDRF Jammu,   Ravikant Sharma,   Chander Jeet Singh, SDPO Railway Jammu and Avleen Kour, Information Department.

Source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/igp-takes-stock-preparedness-amarnath-yatra/

CRPF to deploy 65 companies for Amarnath Yatra

The CRPF is expected to deploy about 6,500 men for this year’s annual Amarnath pilgrimage.

The 44-day pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine nestled in the south Kashmir Himalayas at a height of 14,500 feet is scheduled to begin from June 28 and conclude on August 10.

Apart from the CRPF, the pilgrimage is protected and facilitated by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, BSF and the Army. All these forces form part of the multi-tier security grid. “This year there is a proposal to deploy around 65 companies of the CRPF from Jammu to the cave shrine, including the twin routes of Baltal and Pahalgam,” said a senior CRPF officer.

He said that last year the CRPF had deployed 60 companies. “However, this year the figure is likely to be increased from 60 companies to 65 companies,” he said.

The officer said 12 companies, including a couple of women companies, are likely to be deployed in the Jammu region while 53 companies, including two companies of women constables, are likely to be deployed in Kashmir, including the twin routes that lead to the cave shrine and the shrine area.

One company on an average has 80 to 100 personnel.

The officer said the cave shrine area again was likely to be guarded by the highly motivated and well trained team of 10 CRPF commandos equipped with Israeli X-95 guns.

“The upper reaches of the cave area is guarded by the Army while our commandos remain in the cave area to have a fool proof security grid,” he said.

The Yatri Niwas base camp here on the banks of the Tawi would be guarded by 500 CRPF personnel.

Source: http://u4uvoice.com/jammu-kashmir-news/crpf-deploy-65-companies-amarnath-yatra/