Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Nov 7: District Development Commissioner, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh today convened a meeting of district officers and representatives of religious organisations to review the arrangements for the celebration of the Diwali Festival.
In the meeting representatives from the religious organisations highlighted various issues and sought early redress of the same ahead of the festival of lights.
Threadbare discussion was held o arrangements for security, maintenance of law and order, traffic regulation, drinking water and power supply, sanitation, Medicare, checking of rates and quality of eatables besides deployment of fire tenders.
The PHE and PDD departments were instructed to ensure uninterrupted water and power supply during the festival. The EO Municipality was asked to issue a sanitation calendar for maintaining cleanliness in the town during and after the festive days. He was also directed to ensure street lighting around the temples.
The DDC also constituted joint teams of officials of FCS & CA, Legal Metrology, and Food Safety Departments for intensifying market checking to keep a check on overpricing, profiteering, black-marketing besides ensuring the quality of sweets, Milk and milk-based products and other eatables.
He also reviewed the position of the ration in the district and asked the Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department to meet the deficit, wherever required. It was also decided in the meeting that the health department will keep one Ambulance near the Tehsil Headquarters for any emergency. Besides Quick Reaction teams were constituted at the block level to meet any emergency. The fire and emergency officers were directed to keep the fire tenders on alert round the clock.
It was also decided in the meeting to intensify checking to contain the sale of imported firecrackers in the district.
The meeting was attended by Additional Superintendent of Police Liaqat Choudhary, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Mohd Ashraf, CMO, Dr. Sunil Sharma. Assistant Director FCS &CA , Mukhtar Ahmed Lone, Executive Engineer PHE and Executive Engineer PWD, Tehsildars Rajouri, Mohd Rafiq, Assistant Regional Transport Officer, Inzar Rana. Officer from Food safety, legal metrology, and other concerned officers.
Besides, the meeting was also attended by the President, Sanatan Dharma Sabha, members of other religious organizations, representatives of Beopar Mandal Rajouri and other civil society members. |
