The Puri district administration has come out with security plan for the Shreemandir a day after arrest of a man on charge of vandalising the earthen ovens in the temple kitchen.
Puri Collector Samarth Verma, who is also the Deputy Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), said the district police would also be deployed inside the temple along with the Jagannth Temple Police (JTP).
He said a meeting was held on augmenting security in the temple and many participants pointed out that the oven vandalisation incident has exposed the lacuna in the existing security arrangement.
It was also decided that CCTV camera network would be widened. A preliminary survey on augmentation and up-gradation of CCTV cameras has already been completed.” We may require 135 CCTV cameras for installation inside the temple for which the locations have been identified. The CCTVs will be wireless and server-based ,Verma said.
Meanwhile, the district police ahve started through checking of all devotes entering into the shrine. Their bags and belongings were checked. This apart, instructions are also given to ensure that no one remain present in the temple after main gates are closed, said a senior official.