Darbar Move: Offices Open in Jammu on Monday

Jammu CNS, Nov 9 : The civil secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir administration opened its offices at Jammu on Monday after functioning in summer capital Srinagar for six months as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice known in the Union territory as ‘Darbar Move’.
Officials said that adequate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure smooth functioning of the civil secretariat and other move offices including the Raj Bhavan and police headquarters in Jammu. All the offices are reopening in Jammu on November 9.
The Covid-19 pandemic delayed the darbar move from Jammu to Srinagar this summer. The civil secretariat and other move offices, which observe a five-day week, closed in Srinagar on October 30, while the offices observing a six-day week closed the next day.
The practice of ‘Darbar Move’ is the system of administration which functions in Jammu during six months of winter and in Srinagar during summer. It was started by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872 to escape extreme weather conditions in the two regions of the state. (CNS)