Kanwar Mela: Extra force of 5,000 personnel sought

For the smooth functioning of Kanwar Mela in the holy city, SP City Surjit Singh Panwar, Mela in-charge of Haridwar, has demanded extra force of  five thousand personnel.  Kanwar Mela will begin from August 1 and will end on August 14.  Kanwars in their lakhs will throng Haridwar district from different parts of the state as well as from the adjacent states. They will take a dip in Ganga aside from filling their pitchers with the holy water.  

SS Panwar, Superintendent of Police (SP) City Haridwar  who is In- charge of Kanwar Mela, said  that the number of  devotees  is increasing every year and this warrants that extra force be deployed  to keep things in order. “We have made such a demand to  the Inspector General (IG) Garhwal Range,” he  added.

It is learnt that the  demand includes  deployment of five additional superintendents of police (ASP), 20 deputy SPs, 45 inspectors, 245 sub- Inspectors (SI), 250 head constables, 2000 constables, 220 women constables, 10 sub- inspectors local Intelligence Unit (lIU), 10 head constables lIU, 25 constables lIU, 12 sub- inspectors Traffic, 25 head constable Traffic, 150 constable Traffic, 14 companies of PAC, five companies of Central Para Military Force, two teams of bomb disposal squad, two teams of dog squads and six fire tanker units.