Early Times Report
KISHTWAR, Nov 2: Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar Ashok Sharma today chaired a meeting of line departments and different stakeholders to finalize arrangements for the Diwali Festival. Additional Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Kishori Lal Sharma, ASP Kishtwar Rajinder Singh, Joint Director Planning Mohammad Iqbal, ACD Kishtwar Kishore Singh Katoch, CMO Dr R S Manhas, AD Food Safety Department Shabir Ahmed, Tehsildar Kishtwar Pramod Kumar, EO MC Kishtwar Tariq Balwan, Xen PHE Anil Kaylu, besides other concerned remained present in the meeting.
The arrangements of 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 were discussed and finalized in the meeting. Joint teams of officials of FCS & CA and Food Safety Department were asked to intensify 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.
The DC also reviewed the position of the ration in the district and asked the AD FCS&CA to meet the deficit, wherever required. It was also decided that the health department will keep one ambulance at District Hospital for any emergency. Besides, fire and emergency services officers were directed to keep the fire tenders on alert round the clock. |
