Minister for Forests and Public Health Engineering Javed Rana visited the Banihal area of Ramban district while traveling from Srinagar to Jammu via the National Highway. During the visit, he reviewed ongoing works of the Forest Department in Banihal and said that the Forest Department is being streamlined to ensure effective control of forest fires, with special emphasis on water conservation and water harvesting measures to prevent and manage forest fire incidents. He reiterated the government’s commitment towards the regularisation of daily wage workers and said that once the report of the designated committee headed by the Chief Secretary is received, positive and appropriate action will be taken in this regard. He chaired a meeting with officers and officials of the Forest Department to review departmental functioning and ongoing works. SDM Banihal, Mohd Naseeb, along with other senior officers, was present during the meeting.