Srinagar: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir government has directed all administrative secretaries to be present in Srinagar from August 8 to August 11 to attend an “important event” in Srinagar on August 10.
An order issued by Chief Secretary J&K read that an “important event is likely to be organised in Srinagar” on Monday, August 10.
The event, the order said, is being coordinated by Principal Secretary Information along with Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
The government has asked all Financial Commissioners/ Principal Secretaries and Secretaries to be present in Srinagar right from Saturday August 8 till Tuesday August 11.
The officers summoned to the event are only guessing what it could be. Talking to Kashmir Reader, one of the IAS officers called to the “important” event said that he and other officers are unaware of the objective of the event.
The officer said that so far, they had only been told to coordinate the event, nothing beyond that.
That said, the event might witness the attendance of elected Panchayat members, going by the fact that the government has taken on board the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department in organising the event, an official said.
This reporter called and even texted on WhatsApp the J&K government’s official spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, about the details of the event, but he didn’t reply.

Irshad Khan