Ranchi Police will ensure on-the-spot security on the occasion of New Year at the picnic spots located at remote and lonely areas while incidental security are already available there to deal with any untoward incident.
Extra forces will also be deployed in the city on New Year eve to curb the incidents of road accidents and eve-teasing. “Incidental posts like police pickets and posts are already there at many places round the year on the picnic spots but as far as on-the-spot security is concerned, that could be provided on New Year,” said Ranchi SSP Bheemsen Tuti. Security would definitely be further beefed up on January 1, the day which registers the heaviest footfall at these falls, he added.
According to Tuti, three waterfalls - Sita, Dasham and Jonha falls come under Ranchi district where proper deployment of forces will be done on the occasion of New Year.
Similarly, proper deployment of forces will be done in Ranchi to maintain law and order during the celebrations on New Year eve. “Though regular patrolling is done by more than 150 policemen in the city, some extra forces will be deployed to ensure that accidents due to drunken driving and incidents of eve-teasing does not take place in the city,” added the SSP.
Policemen will be deployed at all the picnic spots to keep a close vigil on the anti-social elements. Moreover, local police stations will be asked to keep a close vigil on the picnic spots in and around the city.
Police personnel will be deployed at almost all the city hostels where New Year celebrations will be taking place. Special care will be taken in and around the hotels like Radisson Blu, BNR Chanakya, Capitol Hill, Capitol Residency, Golden Tulip as well as clubs like Ranchi Club and Gymkhana Club, which attracts elite crowd during festive seasons.
Meanwhile, the tourism department is also busy in installing sanitation and drinking water amenities at these spots after the a Jharkhand High Court’s direction to ensure drinking water kiosks, toilets, washbasins and a children’s corner each before January 26 at the water tourist spots like Dasham, Jonha, Hirni, Hundru and Sita falls.