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| Rather reviews winter stocking in Ladakh | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather today urged for coordinated efforts between the concerned departments and Border Roads Organization to build up stocks of essential commodities, food grains, petroleum products and key building materials in Ladakh region as per the realistic requirements projected by the concerned District Development Commissioners of the twin snow bound districts of Leh and Kargil.
"In view of the prevailing weather forecast surprises and forthcoming Assembly Elections, should complete dumping of stocks essentially during the three months of June, July and August this year", Mr. Rather asserted.
Speaking at a high level meeting convened here on Wednesday, Rather asked the Deputy Commissioners of Leh and Kargil Districts to contact Administrative Secretaries directly in case of any bottlenecks in smooth winter-stocking, adding that the concerned heads of the department should also approach Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir to remove any difficulty coming in the way of implementing winter-stocking plan on the ground. He directed to speed up dispatch of consignments to the region from next month.
Rather asked the concerned departments to put in place adequate number of Weight Bridges at Sonamarg to evade avoidable traffic jams adding that management of Weight Bridges should be the sole responsibility of Motor Vehicles department.
He asked the transport department to keep adequate number of trucks available at ferry targeted quota of food grains, petroleum products and key construction materials up to Leh and Kargil districts without any difficulty and delay. |
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