Jammu, Nov 02: Although the Raj era ended a long time back, the practice of shifting the state capital with change in season continues in Jammu and Kashmir. Historically termed as "darbar move", the 400-year old practice had survived the challenges of time, militancy and protests in Srinagar and Jammu, the summer and winter capitals respectively of this state, Minister of State for Tourism Gulam Ahmed Mir said today.
In keeping with tradition, following the darbar move, offices including the seat of power, civil secretariat, legislative assembly and council will re-open here tomorrow amid tight security arrangements and traffic restrictions.
Police and para-military forces have been deployed in and around the civil secretariat and VVIP areas, as the general security in the winter capital has been beefed up, police sources said.
Frisking and checking have also been intensified in the city and mobile patrolling is being done round-the-clock to foil any untoward incident in the city, they said.
As per practice, under the darbar move, offices were closed in Srinagar on October 24 and all files, documents and other goods were carried to Jammu in nearly 250 trucks and passenger buses at a cost of around Rs. 1 crore, the sources said. Bureau Report