In a bid to thwart any possible terror attack on the 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Puri, the National Security Guard (NSG) is all set to carry out a reconnaissance exercise in Puri towards the end of this month.
NSG officials have written to Puri district Collector Arvind Agarwal and SP Sarthak Sarangi and IG (Operations) RP Koche seeking cooperation and coordination in this regard.
“The Jagannath Temple being an important sensitive place, a reconnaissance party of the NSG group intends to carry out covert reconnaissance of the same on August 28-29. The aim of reconnaissance is to prepare well in advance for any unforeseen contingency in future. The strength of the team will be three to four officials,” the NSG letter read.
Officials of the Regional Hub Hyderabad are scheduled to undertake the security preparedness drive.
last month, the elite anti-terrorist squad had carried out a three-day mock drill in Bhubaneswar at various vital establishments to deal with such probable terror attacks.