Meerut, July 20 -- Chief secretary SP Goyal and director general of police Rajeev Krishna on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting in Meerut to assess preparations for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra.

Senior administrative and police officers from the Meerut, Saharanpur, Aligarh and Moradabad divisions, along with officials from Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, participated in the meeting both physically and through video conferencing.

Calling the successful conduct of the Kanwar Yatra the state government's highest priority, chief secretary Goyal instructed officials to work towards the goal of "zero accident, zero incident." He emphasised comprehensive arrangements along the pilgrimage routes, including maintaining cleanlines...