Srinagar, June 25 -- To ensure safety of Amarnath pilgrims, Deputy Inspector General of Police North Kashmir Maqsood-ul-Zaman conducted a detailed security review at the Shadipora Transit Camp in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The DIG was accompanied by SSP Bandipora Harmeet Singh and senior Central Armed Police Force officials during the visit to the camp.
Thousands of pilgrims stay at the Shadipora Transit Camp while on way to the holy Amarnath cave shrine via the Baltal route.
A police spokesman said that inspection focused heavily on mock drills conducted at the camp, where all agencies practised real scenario responses viz. crowd surges, emergency responses and evacuations to test inter agency coordination.
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