Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 13: Chief Secretary B B Vyas today reviewed the arrangements in connection with shifting of offices from Srinagar to Jammu on the eve of Annual Darbar Move in a meeting with senior officers.
Chief Secretary emphasized upon putting in place all necessary measures including security escort to ensure smooth movement of darbar move vehicles upto their respective destinations. He instructed that extra buses and trucks be kept available during the move days besides adequate number of cranes, mobile workshops, recovery vans, medical mobile teams, ambulances/medical aid facilities be deployed en-route along with necessary equipment and staff to meet any exigency.
Chief Secretary asked the BEACON, Sampark and NHAI authorities to ensure good condition of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, particularly during the move days. IGP Traffic/RTO, Srinagar were asked to ensure that taxi operators do not overcharge the move employees travelling from Srinagar to Jammu during the move days.
He asked Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department to issue temporary ration cards and gas connections besides ensuring timely supply of rations and LPG to the move employees.
Chief Secretary asked the concerned officers of the Estates Department and Jammu Municipal Corporation to inspect employee residential colonies and ensure that necessary facilities were in place including cleaning up water storage tanks and launching an intensive sanitation drives in all colonies.
Estates Department was asked to establish control room/grievance cell to attend to and address various day to day issues in residential quarters. Home Department was asked to ensure setting up a BSNL counter in the premises of Civil Secretariat Jammu.
Chief Secretary also directed the IT Department to ensure that LAN/Internet connections and Biometric Attendance System in Jammu Secretariat are fully functional by the time move offices reopen on 6th November, 2017. He also directed deployment of security in all residential colonies both in Srinagar and Jammu.
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