Arrangements Discussed For 3- Day Aghar Jitto Mela

Reasi : To discuss the arrangements for the smooth conduct of 3-day Aghar Jitto Mela commencing from 21st of June-2024 in district Reasi, a meeting of district officers of stakeholder departments was held on Saturday under the chairpersonship of Additional District Development Commissioner Sukhdev Singh Samyal.
Detailed discussions were held on various arrangements including security, sanitation, health care, traffic management, Fire tender, Installation of temporary toilets, drinking water and power supply, checking of rates of important commodities etc.
While addressing the meeting, the ADDC directed all the district officers to work in coordination for finalizing necessary arrangements and also added that all the arrangements must be put in place well before the commencement of the mela.
The ADDC urged the local mela committee members to come forward in making the mela a grand success as public participation is of great importance in promoting religious tourism and in boosting the economy of the area.
The Executive Engineer PHE was asked to make adequate arrangements regarding drinking water supply at the mela site, while XEN PDD was directed to provide uninterrupted power supply during the mela days. Regarding providing First aid facilities at the mela site, the ADDC directed the health department to deploy a team of doctors and an ambulance for the same. It was decided that District Police would deploy adequate security personnel during mela days.
Besides this, he asked the officers to install different departmental stalls for generating awareness among the people regarding the various Government schemes
ADC Kul Bhushan Kumar, PO Poshan Mohd Anwar Banday, SDPO Katra, Xen PHE ans PDD, Chief Horticulture Officer, AD Tourism, EO Municipal Committee Katra, BDO Katra, members of Aghar Jitto Mandir Development Committee and other concerned officers were present.