Dehradun, July 31 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 29 Jul: Chief Secretary (CS) Anand Bardhan chaired a high-level meeting at the Secretariat here today to review the security arrangements and crowd management at the state's prominent religious sites. The meeting was attended by senior officials including Director General of Police (DGP) Deepam Seth and Principal Secretary, Home, RK Sudhanshu. The review meeting was held in view of the Chief Minister's direction to tighten crowd management at various temples across the state following the latest stampede at Mansa Devi in Haridwar.

Bardhan announced that Divisional Commissioners would act as nodal officers in charge of implementing robust security and crowd-control measures at these loca...