Kishtwar | : Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pankaj Kumar Sharma on Wednesday chaired a meeting of line departments here in the Conference Hall of DC Office Complex to discuss the arrangements for the celebration of Independence Day-2025.
The meeting was informed that the main function would be held at district headquarter Kishtwar, while local administration would hold celebrations at Sub-Division, Block and Tehsil levels.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the district heads of different departments to ensure their presence as well as the subordinate officers and officials in the Independence Day function both at the district headquarter as well as Dub Division, Tehsil and Block levels. The meeting decided that the venue for the main Independence Day function shall be Historic Chowgan Ground.
The arrangements for flag hoisting, march past, cultural items, sitting arrangements, stage setting and Venue preparation and refreshment for the I-Day celebration were discussed in detail.
Directions were given to concerned officers to make foolproof security arrangements and adequate provision of drinking water, power supply, Medicare facility, sanitation, transport, traffic regulation for the national event. The illumination of government buildings, deployment of fire tenders, besides distribution of invitations etc were also discussed.
The Deputy Commissioner assigned the responsibilities for different arrangements to each department and already constituted Committees to monitor the process.
The CEO and District officers were directed to furnish the list of meritorious students and officials/employees with exemplary works with brief description/notes from their departments, who will be felicitated on the eve of I-Day celebration.
The meeting was attended by SSP Naresh Singh; ADC Pawan Kotwal; PO ICDS, Dr. Rishi Sharma; ACD/CEO Kaiser Bhawani; ACR Mohammad Idrees Lone, besides other District officers and representatives of different departments.
