Ahead of the annual Rath Yatra of the trinity that falls on July 6 this year, DGP KB Singh on Tuesday held a meeting here with all senior officers of the State to asses the security arrangements for the festival.
Briefing reporters here, Singh said 145 platoons of police personnel of various ranks would be deployed for the fete besides eight bomb detection and disposal units. The CCTV coverage this year would be expanded from 210 to 218 while luggage scanners at the railway station and at all four entry points to the temple would be made operational.
For security aspect, the city would be divided into four sections, temple and its surroundings, Badadanda (the Rath Yatra venue), the entire five-km sea beach and traffic regulation for the smooth conduct of the festival, the DGP added.
Seven permanent police outposts, including the one at Malatipatpur bus terminal would be made functional before the fete. “Steps would be taken in tandem with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to make the city as no fly zone during the one month festival,” Singh added.
The DGP also discussed on arrangements for the Bahuda Yatra, scheduled to be held on July 14 followed by Suna Vesha on July 15.
Senior police officers Additional DGPs Satyajit Mohanty, BN Jha and Sunila Ray, IG (operation) Soumendra Priyadarshi, IG (SAP) Sanjeeb Panda, Central Range IG RP Koche and Puri SP Sarthak Sadangi participated in the discussion.