The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday asked the State Governments to be extra vigilant during the ongoing festival season against attempts by terrorists and subversive elements to disrupt peace and ignite communal tension.
In a country-wide advisory, Home Ministry asked all States to deploy additional forces in crowded places such as markets, railway stations, bus terminals and religious places to foil attempts by terrorists to carry out attacks, said a Home Ministry official.
The State Governments were also asked to be alert during the festivals against provocative sloganeering, especially near religious places, by subversive elements, the Home Ministry official said.
However, the official said, there was no specific inputs about any plan by terrorists trying to disrupt peace anywhere in the country.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar, separatists have put out notices in the Valley asking outside labourers to leave the State. Mostly labourers are from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The agencies are keeping vigil to avoid any tension in the Valley on this matter.