LUCKNOW As many as 162 firms of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and Central Para-Army Forces (CPMF), together with civil police personnel, have been deployed for t completely different Kanwar Yatra routes, Shiv temples, ghats, Saawan Melas and camps organised for round 15 million individuals embarking upon this annual pilgrimage that started in UP on Thursday.
The devotees undertake an arduous trek, totally on foot, to gather water from the Ganga and supply it in Shiva temples of their localities or these located at historic locations throughout Sawan month (from July 14 to August 11). The ‘jalabhishek’ (providing Gangajal to Shiv Linga) can be carried out on ‘Shivratri’ (July 26).
On the CM’s directives, the district administrations and police officers have made preparations for a secure and safe trek for devotees on the yatra routes.
ADG (legislation and order) Prashant Kumar stated 151 firms of PAC and 11 firms of the CPMF will likely be deployed for secure and safe trek for devotees on 840 Kanwar Yatra routes stretching as much as 12,535 km, round 4,556 Shivalayas (Shiv temples) the place devotees will supply Ganga water to the deity, 322 rivers and ghats from the place devotees will gather water and 314 locations the place Sawan melas will likely be organised on this event throughout the state.
The ADG stated 1,670 conferences have been performed with authorities of various Kanwariya organisations to make preparations for the practically month-long non secular trek. Whereas 1,523 relaxation and meals camps will likely be organised for kanwars, conferences have been additionally held with managements of various temples for safety deployment and crowd administration.
Further police for 8 Meerut dists, Varanasi
Kumar stated further police drive has been supplied to eight districts of Meerut (Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Hapur and Meerut), Varanasi police commissionerate space and Varanasi rural as these locations have extra Shiv temples and there will likely be extra motion of kanwars. He stated no less than 13 ASPs, 30 DySPs, 309 inspectors/ sub-inspectors, 1,250 head constables/constables in addition to 172 visitors cops have been supplied for these locations.
Apart from, further Anti-Terrorism Squad models, anti-Sabotage models and Bomb Disposal Squads have been deployed at these locations.
As many as 927 delicate/bother spots associated to kanwar yatras have been recognized and crucial deployments have been made right here. The yatra routes and temples have been divided into 1,917 sectors and 1,195 fast response groups have been deployed in these sectors, stated the ADG.
Subsidised meals for devotees
“We have now made an enchantment that particular fee lists be put up at completely different retailers, accommodations and eating places on Kanwar routes and meals are given to devotees at subsidised charges. Meals security groups will continually test meals merchandise in order that there is no such thing as a confrontation over its high quality,” he stated, including, “Massive shows, LED screens and hoardings have put in on yatra routes concerning the dos and don’ts for yatra.”
The ADG stated cleanliness has been ensured at Kanwar camps underneath the supervision of native police and availability of Ganga Jal will likely be ensured right here in order that devotees may even gather water for the ‘jalabhishek’ from the camps. “The sale of liquor, meat and motion of autos carrying lifeless animals has been utterly prohibited on Kanwar routes,” he added.
Varanasi commissioner of police (CP), A Satish Ganesh, stated particular safety preparations have been made at eight temples of Varanasi, together with Kashi Vishwanath temple the place footfall is 50,000 and above. Safety on the ghats, the place devotes take a dip into Ganga, has additionally been tightened.
Apart from, officers have ensured establishing of well being posts and ingesting water amenities on yatra routes whereas consciousness drives have been launched to persuade individuals to not go for Kanwar Yatra, in the event that they recovered from Covid-19 an infection not too long ago.
The ADG stated visitors diversions are in place on completely different yatra routes together with Ghaziabad-Haridwar street and roads approaching Varanasi to make sure secure and peaceable motion of devotees. Regular visitors on Ayodhya-Basti street can be restricted as large crowd of devotees commute on it and solely ambulance and different emergency companies autos can be allowed right here.
