To facilitate tourists coming to holy city of Amritsar, Punjab Government on Saturday decided to deploy special Tourist Police to assist them.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday gave nod for deployment of Tourist Police for ensuring a comfortable and hassle free stay for those who visit the city.
Presiding over a meeting of Amritsar Culture & Tourism Development Authority (ACTDA) here, the Chief Minister said that these police personnel would be deployed from the regular police force and would be tasked to help the tourists visiting the holy city.
Badal underscored the need to impart specialised training and orientation courses for these officers so as to enable them to discharge their duties in an efficient manner. Badal envisioned this force as a catalyst in ensuring safety, security and comfortable stay of the tourists.
The Chief Minister said that the ACTDA has been constituted under the administrative control of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department to take care of all the newly created tourist facilities in the vicinity of Harmandir Sahib, Durgiana Mandir, Ram Tirath Complex, Town Hall, Gobindgarh Fort and Urban Haat at Amritsar.
He said approximately 500 to 750 metres area around Darbar Sahib, Gobindgarh Fort, Durgiana Mandir and Ram Tirath Complex would be under the jurisdiction of their authority, which has been authorised to execute development works related to maintenance, cleanliness, electricity, monuments-lighting, sanitation, upkeep of roads, solid waste management and other related works in this area.