Srinagar, June 6: The Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda on Monday asked the security agencies to work in close coordination to ensure safe conclusion of annual Amarnath Yatra.  
 Khoda while chairing a high level meeting of the officers at Pahalgam the base camp for pilgrims in south Kashmir said, “Efficient security arrangements have been put in place from Pathankote to Holy Cave and sufficient manpower has already been activated, and equipped with requisite logistics to conduct Yatra in a befitting manner.”   
 He asked the officers to utilize their previous experiences to plug all loopholes. “Jammu and Kashmir Police will provide every possible help to all other agencies connected with the Yatra to make necessary arrangements for yatris,” the DGP said.
 Emphasizing the need for joint meetings followed by rehearsals of all agencies involved in the Yatra, Khoda said that Joint Yatra Control Rooms should be established at different destinations with better communication network to cover the routes leading to the Cave Shrine. The Control Rooms will take stock of the situation on daily basis and provide assistance and information to the yatris regarding weather and other eventualities, if any.
 Among others, the meeting was attended by the District Development Commissioner Islamabad (Anantnag) Syed Kifayat Hussain Rizvi Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, S M Sahai, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Islamabad  (Anantnag) Range, Shafakat Watali, AIG (Personnel), PHQ, G. H. Bhat, SSP, Islamabad (Anantnag) R. K. Jalla, SSP, Kulgam, Pulwama, Awantipore and other police officers.

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