Early times Report
JAMMU, Mar 20 : The 66th meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was held at the Raj Bhavan here today under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, Chairman of the Shrine Board.
H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (who attended the meeting through video conferencing), Dr. Ashok Bhan, Justice (Retd) Permod Kohli and Maj. Gen. (Retd) Shiv Kumar Sharma, K. K. Sharma, all Board Members; Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lt Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education; Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board; and Sh. Vivek Verma, Additional Chief Executive Officer participated in the deliberations.
The Lt. Governor, while welcoming the Members of the Board, complimented them for their valuable contributions in creating and continually upgrading facilities for convenience of the pilgrims. At the outset, the meeting reviewed the timely and necessary precautionary measures taken by the Board in view of the outbreak of coronavirus for ensuring the safety of the visiting pilgrims, staff and the public in general.
The meeting lauded these pro-active initiatives viz. installation of bilingual hoardings on the track from Katra to Bhawan, distributing pamphlets among the pilgrims, making announcements in regard to the advisories on the Multipurpose Audio System in the Shrine area for the information of the pilgrims, making available Self Declaration Forms at Yatra Registration Counters, Enquiry and Registration Counter, Helipad Terminals and all accommodation complexes of the Board, deploying Thermal Image Scanners at Yatra entry points.
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