DC Kathua reviews Eid-Ul-Adha arrangements

Kathua :Deputy Commissioner Kathua Rahul Pandey Tuesday chaired a meeting of officers to take stock of arrangements for Eid-Ul-Adha in the district.
The meeting was attended by SSP, R.C Kotwal; ADC, Atul Gupta; XEN PDD, XEN Jal Shakti Department, AD FCS & CA, CEO Kathua MC and other district officers. Besides, ADC Basohli, ADC Billawar, SDM Hiranagar and TehsildarBani joined the meeting virtually.
The DC directed the concerned departments to ensure the availability of water supply, First Aid, Fire tenders, uninterrupted power supply, security arrangements and proper cleanliness in the district.
The DC instructed the concerned officers to keep a strict vigil on profiteering and black-marketing of essential commodities during the festive days besides ensuring quality of eatables.
The DC directed the FCS&CA department to ensure distribution of ration among the people, making sure availability of essential commodities besides displaying rate lists of eatables by the shopkeepers in the District.
The team was asked to conduct frequent visits to the market particularly during the festival days to keep a check on overcharging and ensure that good quality eatables are provided to the people.
The Chief Medical officer was directed to provide Medicare facilities at Eid Gah during the festival, while District Police authorities were asked to deploy adequate police personnel at traffic jam prone places of the town, besides ensuring traffic regulation by the Traffic police.
Directions were also passed to PDD and Jal Shakti Department to ensure uninterrupted power and water supply especially during the Eid days. He also directed the Municipal authorities to undertake cleanliness drives in the localities so that it wears a festive look. He also said that proper arrangements should be put in place at Eid Gahs as per the past practice for the convenience of the devotees.
The DC enjoined upon all to ensure all necessary arrangements for the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha Festival along with ongoing SANJY 2022 and also called upon the heads of Sub-divisions to convene meetings with stakeholders to ensure timely arrangements for Eid-Ul-Azha.