The Monday a video conferencing of Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma and DGP DK Pandey with DC Palamu Amit Kumar and SP Patel Mayur K lal spurred the district civil and police administration to swing into action for the Ramnavmi festival. On Tuesday the officials held a joint press briefing outlining the measures taken or put on the anvil for the festival.
The DC said the Ramnavami processions would have to take only the designated routes and no deviation would be allowed. He also warned Akharas against playing any objectionable or obnoxious slogans or any audio or any figurative exhibition or tableau. He said the Akhara people should not use DJ sound as the administration has put an embargo. As regards the use of public address system the Akhara people should seek permission from the competent authority the SDO in this regard.
DC further told there would be a fleet of video graphers along with strategic located CCTVs also. At strategic points there would be set up medical units he added. The administration has identified two places Hariharganj and Pipra where the processions come close to Bihar border and hence police and civil officials of these two places will remain in constant touch with their counterparts. last year the Bihar procession in Palamu created problem.
According to the SP more than 200 people have been rounded under CrPC sections, around 4,000 arms licences stand cancelled in Palamu for reason of not applying in time for national data uploading. No one in Ramnavmi procession can carry or flaunt any of his licensed fire arms.