Drone cameras and ‘Paryatak Mitra’ (Tourist Friends) will be roped in on all major picnic spots to keep close vigil on the revellers to stop hooligans creating disturbances on these places. Meanwhile, teams of ‘Paryatak Mitra’ have also been alerted at all waterfalls and picnic spots to guide visitors so that untoward incident could be avoided during this New Year.
“Drones will definitely be used during peak days so that a close vigil could be kept on the anti-social elements,” said City SP Kaushal Kishore. The Paryatak Mitra will also keep a close eye on the activities of the visitors and will immediately report to the police if they find something anomalous so that swift action could be taken on time, he added.
“In addition to that, adequate deployment of police force has already been done on each picnic spot and regular patrolling was being done round the clock to avoid any unforeseen incident,” said the SP.
Minimum basic infrastructure on the other hand, have also been made available by the State Government at these picnic spots for the convenience of visitors and the management of these spots has been handed over to the Paryatak Mitra.
“For day-to-day management at these picnic spots, ‘Paryatak Mitra’ have been appointed who will also guide the visitors to prevent any accident on the spot,” said Tourism Secretary Rahul Sharma.
“More than 150 ‘Paryatak Mitras’ have been appointed all over the State to provide security and also to assist people who visit waterfalls and picnic spots. These people have been serving efficiently since 2009,” said Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation (JTDC) General Manager Rajeev Ranjan.
Presently, 13 such Paryatak Mitras have been providing assistance to people at Jonha falls whereas six and 19 are serving at Sita fall and Hundru falls respectively who receive `6000 per month as remuneration, he added.
“Recently a meeting was also convened with the district administration where they were told what steps to be taken to deal with the crowd to maintain peace on the spots,” said an official of Tourism Department.
“All works related to providing basic amenities to the visitors have been completed including putting warning boards to prevent people going near some of the
danger zones,” the official said.
In addition to that, instructions have also been given to the local police stations to provide adequate security at the picnic spots which also provide policemen during picnic seasons.