CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A meeting was held with police and administrative officials regarding law and order and other necessary arrangements on the festival of Kanwad Yatra in the new auditorium located at the Collectorate under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Manish Bansal and in the presence of Senior Superintendent of Police Ashish Tiwari. In the meeting, DM Manish Bansal said that all the magistrates and police officers posted on duty should discharge their responsibilities well. The team of Deputy District Magistrate, Police Circle Officer, Municipal Corporation, Electricity Department and Forest Department should jointly visit the Kanwad route and ensure the necessary arrangements. All officers and employees should do their duty on priority, any kind of negligence will not be forgiven. Municipal Corporation and District Panchayat should ensure street lighting on the Kanwad route. Sensitize by holding a meeting with the village heads in the rural areas falling on the Kanwad route and work should be done to improve the Kanwad Yatra. The electricity department should ensure that if the electric wires on the Kanwad routes are worn out, they should be replaced or it should be ensured that no untoward incident takes place. Along with this, ensure barricading of transformers falling on the way. Plastic taping should be done firmly on the electric poles. Along with this, reflector tape should be applied on the poles and trees. If additional workers are required to complete the work as soon as possible, then ensure completion of the work by employing them. The NHAI site engineer should get the work done in a quality manner on the NHAI falling on the Kanwad route. NHAI is important for the Kanwad Yatra. For the routes around the railway crossing, the SP Traffic should get the work completed by coordinating with the concerned officials. DM Manish Bansal said that the officers should keep inspecting their areas and checking the ongoing preparations. He instructed all the officers to work in mission mode and ensure completion of all the necessary arrangements as soon as possible, so that the Kanwad Yatra can be completed safely and peacefully. The forest department must ensure pruning of fig trees on the Kanwad routes. Make sure that the roads are made pothole-free and reflectors are installed on the dividers. He instructed that the construction work going on on the Kanwad route should be completed in a quality manner. After the construction work is completed, the material lying on the road should be removed so that the devotees of Lord Shiva do not have to face any kind of problem. The Municipal Corporation should install cameras and PA system on the Kanwad route falling in the Municipal Corporation area and ensure that it is made functional. Senior Superintendent of Police Ashish Tiwari instructed the police officers to maintain the arrangements by making regular visits. Boosting the morale of all the officers, he said that the administration and the police should work in better coordination and ensure that the Kanwad Yatra is completed safely. On this occasion, Additional District Magistrate (Administration) Santosh Bahadur Singh, Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Salil Kumar Patel, SP City Vyom Bindal, SP Rural Sagar Jain, SP Traffic Siddharth Verma, City Magistrate Kuldeep Singh along with administrative and police officers and officers of the concerned departments were present.