After the death of Kanwariyas in a road accident in Hathras, questions are being raised on the security arrangements of Kanwariyas in the month of Shravan. In this regard, the district police has set a new system with immediate effect. Now PRVs will be installed on the roads of the district at night for the safety of Kanwariyas. This PRV will be traveling at a fixed distance from 8 PM to 8 AM and after seeing the Kanwariyas, they will be sent to their safe destination. In this regard, a meeting was held and a strategy was prepared.
SP City Kuldeep Singh Gunawat and SP Traffic Mukesh Chandra Uttam said that the route diversion system is already in force in the district from Sunday night to Monday evening regarding the month of Shravan. But now a new system has been implemented for every day till the month of Shravan.
Under this arrangement, one PRV will be deployed at every 10 km on all the major routes connected with Kanwariyas, in which four wheeler PRV outside the urban limits i.e outside the bypass and two wheeler PRV in the urban limits, two wheeler PRVs have also been installed on the highway bypass.
A total of 14 four-wheeler, four two-wheeler PRVs, in addition to the second mobile van of the police stations, will also be active within the limits of eight police station areas. On moving to another district, that district will be informed. During this, the Kanwariyas will be encouraged to walk on one side of the road and the heavy vehicles and small vehicles drivers will be encouraged to move at a slower speed.
This step has taken after the incident where some kanwariyas going from Haridwar to Gwalior carrying Gangajal were trampled by a dumper on the Aligarh-Agra National Highway on Friday night. In this horrific accident, five kanwariyas died on the spot, while one died in SN Medical College, Agra. One Kanwariya was seriously injured. Later, agitated by the incident, the Kanwariyas blocked the roads in Agra and Gwalior.
A group of Kanwariyas from Gwalior went to Haridwar to collect Gangajal. They were returning on Friday. These kanwariyas were trampled by a dumper coming from behind near village Badar under Sadabad area on Agra-Aligarh National Highway. Seven kanwariyas came in the grip of the dumper.
DM Ramesh Ranjan, SP Vikas Kumar Vaidya reached the spot in addition to Sadabad police as soon as the information about the accident was received. The officers obtained information about the accident from the other Kanwariyas involved in the group and within a short time ADG Agra Rajiv Krishna and DIG Aligarh Deepak Kumar also reached the spot.
Post-mortem of the five dead bodies was conducted at Hathras's post-mortem home in the night itself.
The police started looking for the dumper and in a while the police caught the dumper along with the driver. This dumper is also being told to be of Gwalior. Its driver was returning after unloading the ballast at Sikandrarau. Since the matter was serious, the officials of the government also kept taking information about the incident.
After the incident, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Agra Zone, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Aligarh and other top officials reached the spot. In the morning the post-mortem of the dead bodies was done and they were sent from here. The police have arrested the driver along with the dumper. In the morning, on the instructions of the government, DM Ramesh Ranjan announced financial assistance of one lakh rupees each to the kin of the deceased.