LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner Ms Saleha Saeed Wednesday held a meeting to review arrangements for Sikh yatrees visiting Pakistan on Friday (tomorrow) to observe their religious rituals.
The DC directed all the officers concerned to make ensure staying, transportation, parking, cleanliness, traffic and security arrangements for the yatrees. All the departments concerned briefed the DC on the arrangements.
Three thousand Sikh yatrees from India and all over the world are visiting Pakistan to participate in Besakhi Mela in Lahore. The DC said there should be proper cleanliness around all Gurdwaras along with tight security and in four schools where Sikh yatrees will stay at night. Civil Defence should have proper screening of all places. There must be installation of walk-through gates. Health authority will set up medical camps in Gurdwaras along with proper cover of Rescue 1122, she added.
