Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Feb 26: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) today held a meeting with the Principal Secretary, Sanjeev Khirwar, at Raj Niwas, and reviewed the arrangements for the upcoming Youth 20 (Y20) pre-summit.
As per a statement, the Youth20 (Y20) pre-summit would be held under the aegis of G20 at Leh from April 26 to 28.
During the meeting with the Principal Secretary, the press statement said that the Ladakh LG inquired about the steps being taken to tackle the crisis points including, the arrangement of medical facilities, lodging & boarding, transportation and security and theft.
It said that the Principal Secretary Khirwar informed LG that officials from across the globe are expected to arrive in Leh for the event for which arrangements such as emergency medical facilities, standard operation procedures (SOPs), boarding and lodging, transportation and security arrangements have been put in place already. He further informed that all the arrangements are being made with close coordination with officials from the Government of India, it said.
The press statement further said that the LG Ladakh instructed that elaborate arrangements should be made for the delegates participating in the Y20 pre-summit with the involvement of officials from top-to-bottom ranks.
Brig BD Mishra (Retd), the Lieutenant of Ladakh also inquired about the reasons for the delay in launching RTI online portal in Ladakh. Principal Secretary Khirwar informed that the process of RTI online portal has already begun and steps are being taken to engage manpower to operate the portal, it said. He instructed the Principal Secretary Khirwar to fix the timeline to launch RTI online portal at the earliest.
The LG Ladakh also inquired about the inordinate delay in the delivery of mails by India Post in Ladakh and the inconvenience faced by the people of Ladakh. He instructed Principal Secretary Khirwar to hold meetings with concerned officials within Leh and Kargil and also the concerned top officials from the Department of Post at Delhi to ensure that the mails are delivered promptly and the delay factors in the matter are ironed out at the earliest.
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