DC Anantnag reviews Eid-ul-Azha arrangements

ANANTNAG, AUGUST 24:     Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, Mr. Mohammad Younis today chaired a meeting of officers to ensure that proper arrangements are put in place for the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha here at DC office Anantnag.

SE PDD, Exens of PDD & PHE, CMO, Chief Animal/Sheep Husbandry Officer, Anantnag, ARTO, all Tehsildars, AD FCS&CA, Deputy Director Fire and Emergency, Food Safety Officer, Executive Officers of Municipal Committee/Councils, DySP Traffic and other concerned officers were present in the meeting.

The availability of essential commodities including rice, atta, sugar and LPG, transport arrangements, cleanliness of Mosques, streets and Eidgahs, ambulance services, uninterrupted power and water supply and availability of poultry birds and sacrificial animals were discussed threadbare.

Deputy Commissioner instructed AD FCS&CA to ensure the availability & distribution of essential commodities before Eid. Chief Medical Officer was asked to ensure round-the-clock duty of doctors and paramedical staff in the health institutions of the district.

The concerned Tehsildars were instructed to undertake market checking for which squads comprising of the officials of Revenue, legal metrology and police have to be constituted.

Chief Animal Husbandry Officer informed the meeting that 1.35 lac birds shall be kept available in the district. For facilitating people, the department shall establish stalls at Stadium Anantnag, Khiram, Larkipora, besides a mobile van which shall cater Bijbehara, Qigund and other towns.

Meanwhile, District Sheep Husbandry Officer informed that 60 thousand sacrificial animals shall be kept available at Hanfia Eidgah, Anantnag stadium, Main Market Bijbehara, Vailoo, Dachnipora, Srigufwara and Aishmuqam. For sacrificial animals, the rate per live kilogram as fixed by the government is Rs 185.

Besides, AD Fisheries was also directed to establish stalls at Anantnag stadium, Women’s College and Janglat Mandi.

Executive Officers of concerned municipalities were instructed to ensure proper cleanliness and sanitation around the centrally located mosques, streets and eidgahs. Besides, they were directed to get the street lights repaired at an earliest.

PDD and PHE departments were instructed to ensure uninterrupted power and water supply during Eid days. PHE authorities were directed to put in place water tanker services around Eidgahs.