Srinagar, Aug 23: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the 47th Board meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) at Raj Bhawan, today.
The board, which met under the chairmanship of the LG, appreciated the civil administration, J&K Police, Army, CAPFs, Disaster Response Forces, SASB, health and sanitation workers, service providers and all the stakeholders for the successful conduct of Amarnath Yatra.
This year, more than 5.12 lakh yatris performed darshan at the Amarnath Cave shrine.
This is the highest yatra figure in the last 12 years.
The SASB discussed various interventions and proposed measures to further improve the facilities and services for the devotees.
The board members shared their suggestions on the agenda points put forth during the meeting.
They also hailed better queue regulation and crowd management, implementation of Aadhaar-based registration and various yatra-centric endeavours of the SASB and other line departments and agencies during this year’s yatra.
Chief Executive Officer SASB gave a detailed presentation on various ongoing works and other important factors related to the annual yatra.
Additional CEO SASB, senior officers of the J&K administration and SASB also attended the meeting.
The meeting was attended by members of the SASB D C Raina, Kailash Mehra Sadhu, K N Rai; Shailesh Raina, and Vishwamurti Shastri.