Summary:
Amritsar, September 18Learning a lesson from the horrifying rail accident at Jaura Phatak on Dasehra festival last year, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shivdular Singh Dhillon has called a meeting for coordination with the departments concerned. After the accident, a magisterial inquiry had recommended single window approval for such religious functions with the final approval of a competent officer. Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu stated that he had written a letter to the DC on September 16 to call a coordination meeting of officials. “Religious bodies are applying to the police and the MC to get approval but the departments are not responding. I have written to the DC for a single window approval system..