JAMMU:
Civil secretariat and other offices of the State Government will close in this winter capital city on April 24 and reopen in Srinagar on May 5, as part of “Darbar Move”, the bi-annual practice of shifting of the State capital.
“The Civil Secretariat and other offices will close in Jammu on April 24 and will reopen in Srinagar on May 5,” J-K Chief Secretary Iqbal Khandey said while reviewing the “Darbar Move” arrangements here today.
The chief secretary directed putting in place all necessary measures to ensure smooth movement of the “officials and official records”.
He said sufficient number of cranes, mobile workshops, besides mobile medical teams and ambulances should be provided all along the national highway during these transit days.
The Government will deploy over 100 trucks and buses to ferry employees and transport official record from Jammu to summer capital Srinagar.
“JK SRTC shall deploy the vehicles for transportation on April 25, 26 and May 3 and 4,” he said.
He said that the J&K Police have made arrangements for security escort to accompany the convoys carrying employees’ official record.
Khandey directed the Transport Department and Traffic Police to monitor fares being charged by sumo and taxi operators during the move days. (AGENCIES)
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