J&K: LG Manoj Sinha orders introduction of RFID tracking for crowd management at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered introduction of RFID tracking for crowd management at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. He has also ordered to make a booking of yatra 100 percent through online mode for effective crowd and queue management. Sinha chaired a special meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board wherein several important decisions were taken to ensure the safety of the pilgrims. The Lt Governor, who is also the Chairman of Shrine Board, critically reviewed the causative factors leading to Saturday’s stampede and various steps taken immediately thereafter.

The Board appreciated the commendable post-incident efforts of Shrine Board, district administration, and Police personnel towards the quick rescue and timely shifting of injured to Shrine Board’s Hospital at Kakryal. The Board felt that as a consequence of these efforts, a number of lives were saved. The Board was briefed by the CEO Shrine Board that 35,000 pilgrims were allowed to proceed for the Yatra on December 31 and January 1 as against the National Green Tribunal’s cap of 50,000 a day, keeping in view the pandemic.