The State Capital today witnessed chock-a-block roads with thousands of devotees taking out Ramnavami processions and cultural performances across major squares of the city. The religious festival was celebrated peacefully in the city on Wednesday with minor incidents reported from one or other corners.
Four persons were detained by the District Administration in Ranchi for playing inflammatory songs in the morning. They were later released after furnishing bonds that such activity will not be repeated again by them in future.
Thousands of devotees took part in the Ramnavami procession in the afternoon along with drums and trumpets shouting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ and holding huge ‘rampataka’ (flags) from various locations. The processions assembled at Albert Ekka Chowk and went till Tapovan temple in Doranda, following which it got dispersed after ‘Ram-Bharat Milap’ of the processions coming from Mahavir Chowk and Doranada.
More than 1,000 temporary welcome camps were raised all over Ranchi by various societies and organisations to welcome devotees in the procession who were served squash and Prasad.
To avoid any untoward incident, more than 200 CCTV cameras were installed at various sensitive locations so that a close eye could be kept on the procession, he added.
To maintain law and order during the festival, the District Administration divided Ranchi into seven zones deploying Magistrates in each of the Zones along with a DSP rank officer in it. Police said that close vigil on miscreants was being kept through more than 200 CCTV cameras installed at various vulnerable locations around the city.
Static forces were also deployed at various sensitive points along with patrolling parties which kept on moving in their specified areas.
Drone cameras were also used at Albert Ekka Chowk and other crowded locatons to reach out to each and every individual in the procession. In addition to that more than 100 volunteers also assisted the district administration in crowd management. Police personnel had also been deployed in Civil Uniforms to keep a tab on the activities of the crowd.
Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar, SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi, City SP Kaushal Kishore along with other police officials themselves were seen controlling law and order on Wednesday.
JCI Ranchi distributed fruits, Prasad, squash and other edibles among devotees at Sarjana Chowk from a temporary platform raised for the purpose. They welcomed the devotees wholeheartedly. The programme was organised by Abhishelk Modi, Atul Modi and Nishant Modi.
Incidentally, Ramnavami - 2017 was dedicated to ‘Mata Anjani’ with an intention to promote ‘Anjani Dham’ in Gumla as an International tourist spot for which letters have been written by Ranchi Mahavir Mandal Samiti to Chief Minister, Governor and to the Prime Minister.