The police have geared up for the Vaikunta Ekadasi festival at Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in anticipation of a
big turnout of devotees.
The festival that starts on December 21 and ends on January 11.
The Vaikunta Ekadasi day, which falls on January 1, and the preceding day
would witness heavy deployment of police personnel in Srirangam and
other parts of the city to regulate movement of devotees, vehicular
traffic, and crime prevention.
Inaugurating a
temporary police outpost inside the temple on Friday, Commissioner of
Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav said that around 4,000 police personnel
would be deployed on December 31 and January 1 in Srirangam and other
parts of the city. Twenty-four closed circuit television units have been
installed at vantage points inside the temple.
The
CCTVs were linked to the police outpost to monitor the movements of
devotees. Four speed dome cameras and seven watchtowers have also been
established to step up vigil.
LED and LCD televisions have been installed at 18 places to help devotees view the festival.
Three
sets of public address systems – one by the Hindu Religious and
Charitable Endowments Department and two by the city police – have been
put up to guide the devotees.
Personnel of the Bomb
Detection and Disposal Squad armed with the necessary paraphernalia have
been posted at 12 places. Parking lots have also been set up near the
temple, Mr.Yadav said. Crime prevention teams would be deployed to curb
offences and intelligence personnel would be posted to collect
information, he said. The city police have mapped resource availability
for ontingency response, he added.
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