East Singhbhum district administration is all set to place a high security arrangement with a special focus on eve-teasing during the 10-day long Ramnavami. The East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Himani Pande along with senior superintendent of police East Singhbhum Akhilesh Jha and officials of different police stations, peace committee members convened a meeting at the TMDC Auditorium at XlRI.
The festival starts from April 11 while the procession is scheduled on April 20. In all 159 Akharas will take out processions along with martial arts display on city thoroughfares culminating with immersion at different ghats on banks of Subernarekha and Kharkhai river.
Pande informed that arrangements are in place to provide uninterrupted power supply but said that akharas committee should ensure that electricity pilferage should be stopped.
The deputy commissioner also asked akharas committee to submit a list of such areas with hanging electricity wires to help JSEB officials in installing guard wires on such points.
Directives were issued to all the Akharas committees to strictly abide by the rules laid out in their licences especially pertaining to use of loudspeakers (public amplifiers).
The Akhara committees were also asked to complain about any violation of dry day provision on April 20. The DC has directed all the departments concerned to gear up for the festival and ensure all arrangements to the Akhara samities before the festival gets start. At the Sakchi island, a watchtower would be erected to keep vigil on the movement of Ram Navami processions passing through the area.
Senior superintendent of police, Akhilesh Jha said that all police stations have been asked to interact with local akharas committee on a regular basis for a peaceful festival.