Puri: Odisha Government will deploy 10,000 police and security forces for safe conduct of Nabakalebar ritual, Rath Yatra in Puri in 2015. This was informed by the SP Asish Kumar Singh.
SP Asish Kumar Singh in a Press conference here on Friday
elaborated the security and other arrangements being worked out by the police administration during the two events. The administration is expecting 30 to 40 lakh pilgrims to throng Puri to witness it as well as the annual Car Festival of the deities in new bodies.
Apart from police personnel, 14 units of senior police personnel would be formed to conduct the VVIPs and control crowd and traffic, besides emergency services. There would be bomb detection and disposal units, dog squads and intelligence gathering units as well.
As per the arrangement, sea, air and land routes would be kept under tight security. The police would ensure safety of the entire city, pilgrims and temple while armed vessels of the Coast Guard would patrol along the Puri coast.
SP Asish Kumar Singh said that luggage scanners would be installed at the temple main gate where the hand bags of the pilgrims would be scanned and at the south gate through which food grains and rations enter into the temple kitchen.
Besides, 200 more life guards would be added to the existing 100 personnel along the Puri beach from Chakratirth to Swargdwar to prevent drowning in the sea. 14 watch towers would be erected along the beach for surveillance of the pilgrims taking holy dip in the sea.
The entire 10 km road from Maltipatpur bus stand to Puri would be illuminated and 150 CCTV cameras would be installed along the route to Puri. This apart, 32 CCTV cameras would be installed in the Jagannath temple. Two integrated CCTV control rooms would be made operational during the ritual.
SP Asish Kumar Singh in a Press conference here on Friday
elaborated the security and other arrangements being worked out by the police administration during the two events. The administration is expecting 30 to 40 lakh pilgrims to throng Puri to witness it as well as the annual Car Festival of the deities in new bodies.Apart from police personnel, 14 units of senior police personnel would be formed to conduct the VVIPs and control crowd and traffic, besides emergency services. There would be bomb detection and disposal units, dog squads and intelligence gathering units as well.
As per the arrangement, sea, air and land routes would be kept under tight security. The police would ensure safety of the entire city, pilgrims and temple while armed vessels of the Coast Guard would patrol along the Puri coast.
SP Asish Kumar Singh said that luggage scanners would be installed at the temple main gate where the hand bags of the pilgrims would be scanned and at the south gate through which food grains and rations enter into the temple kitchen.
Besides, 200 more life guards would be added to the existing 100 personnel along the Puri beach from Chakratirth to Swargdwar to prevent drowning in the sea. 14 watch towers would be erected along the beach for surveillance of the pilgrims taking holy dip in the sea.
The entire 10 km road from Maltipatpur bus stand to Puri would be illuminated and 150 CCTV cameras would be installed along the route to Puri. This apart, 32 CCTV cameras would be installed in the Jagannath temple. Two integrated CCTV control rooms would be made operational during the ritual.
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