Tiruchi City Police gear up for Vinayaka Chathurthi; issue guidelines for procession, immersion of idols
The Hindu
Tiruchi City Police gear up for Vinayaka Chathurthi: Meetings held to discuss security-related preparedness, bandobust arrangements, procession routes, traffic diversion & more. Police to draw in personnel from Special Police & Home Guards to ensure smooth operations & avert untoward incidents.
The Tiruchi City Police are gearing up for the Vinayaka Chathurthi festival and the procession of Vinayaka idols, to ensure smooth operations and to avert any untoward incidents.
Vinayaka Chathurthi falls on September 18, and the procession of idols for immersion in the Cauvery river in the city will take place on September 20.
Ahead of the festival, Commissioner of Police N. Kamini held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioners of Police, Assistant Commissioners of Police and Inspectors at the City Police Office on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, regarding security preparedness for the festival, and the bandobust arrangements to be made on the day of the procession and immersion.
The meeting also deliberated on the routes through which the idols would be taken in their procession from different places in the city, and the measures to be put in place in areas identified as problematic, besides the security arrangements to be put in place at the spots where the idols would be immersed.
The police are aiming to ensure that the procession does not cause any disturbance to the public and consequently, vehicular movement and the diversion of traffic were also discussed at the meeting.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police of the respective ranges and the Inspector of Police at the station level, will hold meetings with organisers involved in the installation of idols, members of Hindu front organisations and those belonging to other religions, ahead of the festival to drive home the guidelines to be followed in respect of the installation, procession and immersion.
Commissioner of Police Kamini said in addition to mobilising City Police personnel, plans were afoot to augment the manpower strength by drawing in personnel from the Tamil Nadu Special Police and those from the Home Guards in connection with the festival, and on the day of the procession and immersion.
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