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Press Trust of India - Mar 25, 2014 at 11:26pm IST In a bid to put a fool-proof security system into place before the Char Dham yatra begins in May, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has ordered substantial deployment of SDRF personnel in danger zones prone to natural disasters en route to the famous Himalayan shrines located in the state. Reviewing preparations for the yatra scheduled to begin in the first week of May, the Chief Minister reminded officials of the April 30 deadline set for completion of road repair work along the pilgrimage route and asked them to deploy in full strength the newly constituted State Disaster Response Force personnel in the danger zones, official sources said in Dehradun on Tuesday. The sacred portals of Kedarnath whose adjoining areas bore the brunt of the tragedy last year are scheduled to open for devotees on May 5. Drawing lessons from the huge natural calamity last year during which the state government's preparedness to handle th

In last year tragedy the track route from Rambada to Garurchatti, Kedarnath has lost. Devotees and Visitors were facing inconvenience since the disaster. To handle such Emergency next time, government of Uttarakhand has planned a new alternate track route to Kedarnath which will help in reducing the traffic in single route. To connect Kedarnath, the easy and new alternative route will constructed from Triyuginarayan and Chaumasi. The Path will be from the other side of Mandakni River. This work is given to Reserve Forest and Century Area. Century Area, Char Dham Administration and Reserve Forest are patrolling Villages so that the new route may be build as soon as possible. The preliminary DPR report has been submitted to state administration and a copy to Central government. State administration is waiting for the approval of Central Government. The New Route will go from Triyuginarayn-Tosi-Bsuganga-Gomkara -Gurikund -Garurchatti-Kedarnath. Length of this route will be 15 km, Bre

Press Trust of India - Mar 16, 2014 at 08:44pm IST Dismissing doubts being expressed over the timely completion of road repair work in calamity-hit areas, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Sunday said all motorable and pedestrian routes to the Himalayan shrines will be in place before the Char Dham pilgrimage begins. "Efforts are underway on a war footing to restore the damaged roads and bridges and I am confident that all infrastructure will be in place before the Char Dham pilgrimage begins in May," Rawat told reporters in Dehradun. "Devotees may not have the best ride on our roads but they will have a safe ride for sure," he said, adding that a month of uninterrupted work by the PWD and BRO is enough to restore the damaged road network close to the four Himalayan shrines. laiming that one-fourth of work on the road to Kedarnath, which bore the brunt of the calamity last year, was complete, the Chief Minister said all reconstruction work was bein

DS Kunwar,TNN | Mar 14, 2014, 06.01 AM IST DEHRADUN: Congress-led Harish Rawat government on Thursday pressed into service a team of more than 300 Border Road Organization personnel to repair and renovate about 620-km-long Char Dham yatra motorable routes before it begins on May 2. These yatra routes, including Rudraprayag-Kedarnath, Karanprayag-Badrinath and Uttarkashi-Gangotri and Yamnotri, were extensively damaged in the mid-June flash floods. The BRO personnel were deployed at different points on these routes hours after the state government received Rs 210 crore allocated for the purpose. "We have set a deadline for April 20 to complete these roads before the yatra begins," said chief secretary Subhash Kumar. A 10-member officials' team led by chief secretary Subhash Kumar and additional chief secretary Rakesh Sharma which conducted an on-the-spot survey of 25 spots of on the highways on Wednesday, told TOI that these BRO personnel have been asked work non-

Kautilya Singh,TNN | Mar 10, 2014, 11.00 PM IST DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has decided to keep track of devotees visiting the state for the Char Dham yatra by issuing biometric cards and registering the mobile numbers of pilgrims to provide timely weather forecast. "A total of 25 points have been identified, most of them in the Garhwal region, where biometric cards would be made and issued to pilgrims," said tourism secretary Umakant Panwar on Monday. "The pilgrims will have to swipe their biometric card en route, which will also help keep a track of their location," he said. "With the help of MeT department and telecom department, we will provide weather updates to pilgrims on their mobiles so that they can plan their yatra," he added. A dedicated control room for the Char Dham yatra will also be opened. Pilgrims and their relatives will be provided all the information and updates related to the yatra from the control room, which wil