Community kitchens that would feed lakhs of pilgrims on way to the cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas will be monitored by CCTVs, officials said Friday.
The yatra will commence on July 1 and continue for 46 daystill August 15.
This time CCTVs would be installed at each langar (communitykitchen) site along the Pathankote-Jammu-Baltal highway as a security measure,they said.
They said 105 langars for pilgrims will be available at 17places in Jammu, 8 in Kathua, 10 in Udhampur and 28 in district Ramban.
They said halting points have been finalized in all thehighway districts including 6 in Kathua, 17 in Jammu, 26 in Udhampur and 22 indistrict Ramban from Kathua district (entry point in J&K) to Baltal inGanderbal district.
They said mobile toilets have been made available at 17different locations.
Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar Thursday chaired a highlevel meeting to review arrangements being put in place for smooth conduct ofthe Amarnath Yatra.
Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma gave a detailedpresentation on arrangements being made for smooth conduct of annual yatra tothe cave shrine in South Kashmir.
Facilities for on the spot registration of pilgrims havebeen made at Jammu, Sangam, Sarasvati Dham, Vashnavi Dham, Ram Mandir, PuraniMandi while adequate number of buses have been arranged to ferry pilgrims fromJammu to Pahalgam and Baltal, they said.
Similarly arrangements for accommodation and shelter shedswill be available for pilgrims at all districts en route, he said.
The Advisor also reviewed security arrangements and soughtdetails from officers concerned about the scale of deployments along the twinroutes of Phalgam and Baltal.
The IG Traffic apprised the Advisor about the trafficmanagement plan and condition of highway from Udhampur to Banihal. Vulnerablepoints have been identified and executing agencies are at work.