Fresh roads were laid from the cave to the shrine. But he spent the entire time in the cave.Hyderabad: Old bathroom fittings were replaced with new ones including the geyser, new wifi router was in place besides a phone, the room plastered to give a new look, electricity supply restored and a brand new room heater with radiator too was purchased.“We came to know about his visit to Kedarnath five days ago and to make arrangements in the cave, 11,700 feet up in the Himalayas, its no ordinary task at this short notice.

Sources further added that the place of night halt was peculiar and never in the past had the SPG found itself in a situation wherein it was tasked with securing a cave in which the VVIP was present. In no time, the China stainless steel float ball factory rudra cave was spruced up with all new facilities.But the recent night halt by Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the ‘rudra’ cave in Kedarnath, at an at altitude of 11,700 feet up in the majestic himalayas — kept the SPG personnel and the Uttarakhand district administration on the edge throughout the 17 hours Modi spent inside the cave as this was the first time they had been guarding the VVIP who chose to stay in a cave, at that altitude and a hostile weather — perhaps a bigger threat than the ones emerging from the usual quarters.

As is the normal drill before any visit of the PM, the SPG had already taken over Kedarnath four days prior to the PM’s visit. He arrived in Dehradun on May 18 on a two day visit and flew down straight to Kedarnath in a special helicopter. At this altitude, oxygen is less and health is a major concern and therefore a battery of doctors including cardiologists were on stand by,” sources said. There was a contingency plan for everything and we had made a separate accommodation ready just in case the PM would have expressed his desire to shift from the cave.