Union Home Minister Amit Shah today directed the security forces to ensure optimum use of latest technologies and gadgets to ensure the security of Amarnath yatris and facilitate the movement of devotees and tourists in Jammu and Kashmir.

He stressed the need to ensure a violence-free yatra during a high-level security review meeting co-chaired by J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik and attended by senior officers of the Army, security forces and civil administration of the state and Central governments on the first day of his maiden visit to the state after assuming office.

“Forces should ensure optimum use of latest technologies and gadgets not only for the security of the yatra, but also to facilitate the movement of devotees and tourists. He drew attention of forces towards anti-sabotage as well as anti-subversion drills and the access control procedures,” said AP Maheshwari, Special Secretary, Internal Security, who along with Gyanesh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Home Ministry, addressed mediapersons after the meeting.

Shah “directed security agencies to take all preventive steps to ensure a violence-free yatra”, they said.The Home Minister directed that there should be no complacency on part of the security forces or duty staff during the yatra period.