A central security centre would be made operational to effectively monitor security arrangements in the Shree Jagannath Temple, the Gundicha Temple, the entire city and its coast line.
Three bullet proof cars, satellite phones, mobile jammer gadgets, sophisticated arms and ammunitions and two sophisticated modern ambulances would be kept under its disposal. This apart, 30 large digital screen display systems would installed at various points of the city to monitor the crowd movement. The traffic control unit would operate from the Kumbharpara police station building.
The Shree Jagannath temple, the Gundicha temple and the entire Puri city would be kept under five layer security cover during the month-long Nabakalebar ritual and the Rath Yatra. This was revealed in a special meeting over security arrangements for the Nabakalebar ritual here. Additional Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi presided.
Efforts are on to keep the entire city under CCTV camera surveillance. The Badadanda, venue of the Rath Yatra, all city main streets, parking lots, pilgrim shelters, bus terminals and the railway station would be kept under the CCTV surveillance. Total 350 CCTV cameras would be installed. The State Police Housing Corporation has been entrusted to install these before April.
Astarang, Ramchandi, Chakratirth and Arakhkuda, the four marine police stations, would be made fully operational with all state- of- art gadgets and adequate staff. This apart, two high speed interceptor boats equipped with satellite phones, mobile jammers and arms and ammunitions would patrol the Puri coastline.
It was resolved to move to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to declare the Jagannath temple as no flying zone for one month. The sixteen identified unsafe buildings situated alongside the Badadanda would either be demolished or sealed.
DGP Sanjib Marik, the Home Secretary, RDC Bikash Chandra Mahapatra, IGP RP Koche, Director Intelligence SK Ray, Energy Secretary SC Mahapatra, SP Asish Kumar Singh, District Magistrate Arabind Agarwal and ASI Superintendent Bhuban Bikram participated. DGP Marik inaugurated a new building of the Baliapanda police station built at a cost of Rs 2 crore.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the Health and Family Welfare Department to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) for effective coordination between various departments for proper management of emergency situations like fire accident, stampede and diarrhoea during the Nabakalebar festival at Puri.
Reviewing the progress of different projects on health, sanitation, drinking water facilities and drainage system here at a high-level meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officials to complete the ongoing projects in stipulated time. It was revealed in the meeting that the work of additional 100 bedded and 200 bedded new ward at the Puri district headquarters hospital is going smoothly and will be ready by March.
The meeting further decided to open 100 first aid centres in the periphery of Puri while 120 ambulances will deployed. As many as 929 doctors of different districts will be engaged during the Nabakalbar festival in Puri.
It was further revealed in the meeting that the work progress of new water sources will be completed by April while work is on to install 60 production well and 200 handpumps. Apart from this, out of the 22 km drainage work of 11 km has been completed so far.
Among others, Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Development Commissioner UN Behera, Health Secretary Arti Ahuja attended the meeting.