Excelsior Correspondent
Kathua, Oct 22: To finalize the arrangements for ensuing Diwali festival, a meeting was convened by Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Ramesh Kumar here at Kathua today.
Threadbare discussions were held on related arrangements like installation of cracker stalls, security, maintenance of law and order, traffic regulation, drinking water and power supply, sanitation, medicare, checking of quality and price of eatables and deployment of fire tenders.
The meeting also decided that a joint team of officers of F,CS and CA, Health, Muncipality, Legal Metrology and Revenue department will be constituted to keep a strict vigil on the sale of fire crackers and keep a check on whether the shopkeepers are following the guidelines laid down for the purpose and further directed to ensure that crackers should be displayed at identified area i.e. at Ramleela ground Kathua after proper permission.
The team will also keep a check on quality and rates of eatables, sanitation, and encroachment in market places and other busy places in the town. He also directed the committee constituted to keep a check especially on the adulterated and synthetic milk products.
He called for immediate seizure of adulterated sweets and other eatables and booked such erring traders. AD FCS&CA was directed to ensure proper ration supply during festival season along with mandatory display of rate list on business premises.
The shopkeepers were asked not to sell crackers at their establishment except the already identified venue. The authorized fire cracker stall should be equipped with fire extinguisher besides other mandatory safety measures and only CFLs can be used for illumination.
The DC Kathua directed the PDD and STD department to ensure uninterrupted power supply during festival. He directed the PHE Department to ensure the provision for uninterrupted water supply during the festival. He passed instructions to PHE to keep the water tankers ready in case of water scarcity in any area.
He also passed instructions to the traffic department to do away with the traffic congestion in the markets and also ensure smooth flow of traffic.
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