Darakhshan takes stock of Urs arrangements

Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi during visit to shrine of Peer Dastgir Sahib at Khanyar in Srinagar.
Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi during visit to shrine of Peer Dastgir Sahib at Khanyar in Srinagar.

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 24: Chairperson of Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi today visited the shrine of Peer Dastgir Sahib (RA) at Khanyar to take stock of the arrangements in place for pilgrims.
She spoke to the representatives of different departments and the people’s delegations at the shrine. The Urs celebrations have already begun but the annual Urs will be celebrated on Friday. A large number of devotees visit the shrine for paying obeisance and offering prayers.
Dr Andrabi said that during her recent meeting with the administration and many departmental representatives, a roadmap for proper arrangements was at the shrine was devised.
“The mecadamization of the road is in progress as decided in the meeting and other facilities are satisfactorily in place. I have given instructions to the ground staff deputed at the shrine to ensure requisite facilities and services to all those visiting the shrine on the special days”, Andrabi said while speaking to media during her visit.
The people at the shrine thanked Waqf Board Chairperson for the reformative initiatives of the Board during the past one and a half years.