Chief Secretary, alerted the cops to remain on their toes to ensure peaceful celebration of festival of light, Deepawali, Chath and also the Moharram observed by the Muslims. He also threatened the officers of stern action if they failed to comply with his orders.
Addressing the officials through video conferencing here on Monday morning, Alok Ranjan directed all the officers to take necessary steps and be ready to face any kind of eventuality in wake of on-going festival season. He asked them to identify sensitive places where any incident took place in the past as well as the culprits involved in it and initiate precautionary steps to ensure that no trouble arises during the festival. Ranjan said that all those officers who failed to take preventive steps which would result any trouble will be not spared and stern action would be taken against them.
Ranjan also instructed to ensure cleaniness and adequate power supply during the celebration as many times it lead to protest creating trouble for the administration. He also directed the officials to check whether the countrymade fire crackers makers unit were following the laid norms and that no illegal units is running in the area. He said that if incident resulted due to police negligence or any illegal factory has been detected, the local officers would be held accountable for it. He said that the fire crackers shop should be also installed in open spaces and a safe distance from crowded localities should be maintained.
Ranjan also asked the health department officials to remain alert particularly the emergencies and burn units. Similar instructions have been also given to fire personnel. Besides, Ranjan also instructed smooth operation of `Control Rooms’ so that and SOS could be forwarded to the officials concerned ensure immediate and quick relief action. DGP, Al Banerjee and principal secretary (Home) Devasheesh Panda were also present during the video conferencing.