Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 13: The State Government has impressed upon all the Administrative Secretaries, Director General of Police, both the Divisional Commissioners and Heads of the Departments to share detailed tour programmes of the VVIPs/VIPs, visiting any part of the State, with the concerned Deputy Commissioner in advance so that the arrangements regarding security and protocol are taken care of properly and timely.
A circular in this regard was issued today by the General Administration Department, which further says that the concerned Deputy Commissioner shall be deemed to have been appointed as Nodal Officer in the district being toured in order to prevent any untoward crisis in respect of law and order and protocol issues.
Further, the circular adds, the event organizing agency shall ensure that the details of the events/seating plan are vetted by the concerned District Administ-ration well in advance.
As per the Government circular, it has been reported that during the visits of VVIPs/VIPs to any district of the State, the District Administration is invariably not intimated in advance. In many instances, the District Administration does not receive any information at all. Even if the tour programme is shared with the concerned DCs, it is received at the eleventh hour, which serves no purpose. The avoidable chaos and coordination lapses that ensue, consequently, makes it extremely difficult to address the vital security and protocol issues. Such situations have often ended up in causing embarrassment not only to the District Administra-tion but to the Government as well.