Overview

• Chief Secretary Pawan Kotwal convened a July 3 meeting to finalize Z+ security measures, movement plans and minute-to-minute scheduling for His Holiness’s July 12 arrival.
• Senior Superintendent of Police Shruti Arora ordered enhanced lighting, CCTV installation and safe houses to bolster public safety and emergency response.
• The Health Department will deploy dedicated medical teams, ambulances and fire-safety equipment across the birthday events and month-long visit.
• dakh BuBuddhist Association volunteers will launch a July 8 cleanliness drive along the Indus riverside to prepare the teaching venue.
• A grand two-day celebration on July 5–6 in Leh is expected to draw around 30,000 to 40,000 devotees for the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday.