The Amarnath Shrine Board announced that it will not anyone join the Amarnath Yatra without an RFID tag, which helps in locating a person.
While speaking to media, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board CEO Nitishwar Kumar said, “Board has started a system of RFID tag this year. With this tag, we will be able to identify where each pilgrim is… Even local traders are taking the tag… We won’t let anyone join the yatra without RFID tag.”
Yesterday, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh reviewed the security arrangements for this year’s Amarnath Yatra and asked different agencies to maintain close coordination within their ranks and among themselves for conducting the pilgrimage peacefully.
The Director General of Police (DGP) held a high-level meeting of officers from police, army and central armed paramilitary forces (CAPF) at the police headquarters.
The Jammu-based officers attended the meeting via video conferencing, a police spokesman said.
“The meeting deliberated on different issues of security of camps, communication network, regulation of traffic management on national highway and other roads, parking of vehicles and deployment of forces on both the yatra routes of Pahalgam and Baltal, etc,” the spokesman said.
He said it was decided to deploy sufficient manpower in advance so that the camps and routes of yatra are secured and checked at the earliest.
It was also decided that rescue teams be deployed by the police forces at various places to provide necessary help to the yatris.
