Saturday, June 24, 2017

City cops gear up for Lord Jagannath’s sojourn

TOI Ahmedabad Fri,23 Jun 2017

Summary: "Rath Yatra bandobast is one of the most elaborate, and has been perfected over decades by scores of police officers," said a senior city police official. There will be 26 companies of paramilitary forces including CRPF, Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Border Security Force (BSF). Ahmedabad: A convoy of police vehicles of about 1km length covered the entire 18km Rath Yatra route on Thursday morning as senior police officials surveyed the route in vehicles and on foot, while taking stock of local issues. Recently, the NSG's newest hub was operationalized near the state capital Gandhinagar. Over 2,000 police personnel participated in the exercise.The dress rehearsal for maintaining security for the Rath Yatra, comprising all senior police officers including city police commissioner, commandants of paramilitary forces and armed police, will take place on Friday morning.Over 2 lakh participants will be hosted Jagannathji Temple and Saraspur.
Ahmedabad: A convoy of police vehicles of about 1km length covered the entire 18km Rath Yatra route on Thursday morning as senior police officials surveyed the route in vehicles and on foot, while taking stock of local issues. Over 2,000 police personnel participated in the exercise.The dress rehearsal for maintaining security for the Rath Yatra, comprising all senior police officers including city police commissioner, commandants of paramilitary forces and armed police, will take place on Friday morning.Over 2 lakh participants will be hosted Jagannathji Temple and Saraspur. Preparations are in full swing to ready the chariots at Jamalpur and food at Saraspur.For many police personnel, this will be their first participation in the security of a mega procession, and they are being trained in required intricacies, police officers said.According to a release by Pradipsinh Jadeja, MoS (home), made on Thursday, 20,034 police and paramilitary personnel will be deployed for Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad on June 25.For the first time, a company of National Security Guards (NSG) will be roped in. 

Recently, the NSG's newest hub was operationalized near the state capital Gandhinagar. There will be 26 companies of paramilitary forces including CRPF, Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Border Security Force (BSF)."Rath Yatra bandobast is one of the most elaborate, and has been perfected over decades by scores of police officers," said a senior city police official. Over the years, newest technologies, whether surveillance camera vehicles or 'Netra' drones, GPS tagging of chariots or mobile-based messaging services - everything has been tried and tested for the procession that sees lakhs of devotees thronging the city roads to get a glimpse of the lords said the official.
https://www.nyoooz.com/news/ahmedabad/846652/city-cops-gear-up-for-lord-jagannaths-sojourn/

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