Provide facilities to devotees: Sagar to administration

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar on Friday said Hazrat Ameer-e-Kabir was a great reformer, preacher and a Sufi scholar whose contribution to the socio-political transformation of Kashmir is immense.

Sagar said this while taking stock of arrangements followingthe annual Urs observance of Hazrat Ameer-e Kabir Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA).”People of the valley are indebted to Hazrat Ameer for his role in thesocio-political transformation of the state,” he said. 

   

Sagar took stock of the Urs arrangements. He was accompaniedby various officials on the occasion. In an hour long meeting with thecustodians and caretakers of the shrine, Sagar was briefed on various stepsbeing taken by the concerned authorities to ensure the smooth conduct of Urs.

On the occasion he interacted with the locals who apprisedhim about the paucity of basic and effective amenities in the adjoining areasof the Shrine.

Sagar urged the government to ensure all facilities to thedevotees during the Urs observance days. “The Urs is to be celebrated on thesix of Zil Hajah; however the Urs related activities commence six days beforeit.  The Shrine has traditional been theepicenter of Islamic teachings, the place has a special position in thesocio-cultural milieu of Kashmir. It is therefore imperative for the incumbentgovernor administration to ensure that the devotees do not have to sufferduring the Urs days,” he said.

 “I urge theadministration to ensure adequate LED lighting around the area. Theadministration should ensure steady supply of drinking water to the shrine andits neighborhood. In addition to that the concerned agencies should make it apoint to ensure good sanitation around the shrine. The administration shouldalso ensure adequate presence of Traffic police around the shrine in order tomeet the exigencies arising due to high vehicular movement and huge rush ofpeople.  Moreover the security of thedevotees should also be ensured; the police and the fire brigade departmentsshould swing into action to avoid any misfortune during the Urs days,” headded.

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