Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened an officers’ meeting regarding activities in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations and flag hoisting ceremony.
While chairing the meeting, Advisor sensitized the officers about their role and responsibilities directing them to ensure that all the arrangements are made in advance for smooth conduct of celebration in all the districts.
Advisor while discussing various arrangements like flag hoisting, cultural programmes, security arrangements, traffic plan, sanitation, sports activities, medicare, illumination, distribution of scholarships, inauguration and foundation stone laying of various projects, assigned responsibilities to various departments with directions to the HoDs for undertaking their responsibilities effectively and efficiently.
He directed all the Deputy Commissioners for strict follow up action regarding the activities being conducted by all the departments on the day. He asked the officers to prepare a booklet of activities highlighting each activity in detail with the meticulous micro-planning done so that same is rolled out at various locations on the dates as earmarked for each activity.
Advisor said programmes involving youth should be given special focus. He asked the Director Tourism to organize Shikara rally as part of the celebrations.
He asked the Srinagar Municipal Corporation to display hoardings, bill boards at important locations signifying and highlighting activities of various departments. He also asked them to conduct cleanliness drives besides ensuring beautification of river banks, parks, roads and other installations. He also directed the Director Urban Local Bodies to organize cleanliness drives across all the districts besides asking the officers to launch sanitation and cleanliness drives by involving community members.
Advisor laid emphasis on creating awareness on Covid Appropriate Behaviour through hoardings at all venues saying that achievements with regard to vaccination have to be highlighted. He instructed on felicitating covid warriors and frontline workers for recognition of their services during pandemic. He asked the health department to create vaccination points at certain locations besides conducting special vaccination drives in conjunction with other departments.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir said that this year the Independence Day celebrations will be held throughout the day in all the villages. He also said that schools, roads, buildings and other institutions will be renamed after various role models in various fields.
All the Deputy Commissioners, while responding to the directions given by the Advisor in the earlier meetings, informed that the list of works for foundation stone laying, execution and inauguration has already been prepared. They also apprised about other activities they have planned like essay competition, painting, employment generation schemes, vaccination drives to be launched on the day.
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