In a bid to provide safe atmosphere to the visitors on picnic spots this New Year, especially for women, Ranchi police are working to popularise ‘Shakti App’ with heightened efforts. Posters about the usage of the android based App, an initiative of Jharkhand Police for safety and security of women, would be put on the picnic spots for any distress situation.
“To make people aware of the Shakti-App we are also putting posters related to it on all picnic spots so that more and more people could make use of it. In those posters it has been depicted how to download and use the App in the hour of need,” said SP City, Kaushal Kishore.
Besides this the men in uniform will be scattered across picnic spots in Ranchi during this season to ensure a safe New Year, he the official. The police would also place posters about do’s and don’ts for the people visiting such places.
“After identifying the most vulnerable picnic spots, adequate deployment of police forces has also been done accordingly along with regular patrolling around those places,” said the SP City. In addition to that, drive against drunken driving has also been launched inside and outside the city so that incidents of road accidents could be checked, he added.
“Since, it is the duty of the citizens also to maintain peace and cleanliness among the picnic spots, posters have also been put on the entire picnic spots educating the people about what should be done and what should not be done at those places,” he said. Phone numbers of the concerned police officials have also been given on those posters who could be contacted in the hour of need, he said.
Police said that measures have also been taken to ensure security on Main Road and other public places. “Directions have also been issued to the police personnel to conduct round-the-clock patrolling on roads leading to the picnic destinations,” he said.
Teams of of ‘Paryatak Mitra’ (Tourist Friend) on the other hand, have also been alerted at all waterfalls and picnic spots to guide the visitors by the tourist department so that any untoward incident could be avoided during this new year, besides making all basic infrastructure available at these picnic spots for the convenience of the visitors.
“For day to day management at these picnic spots, Paryatak Mitra have been appointed who will also guide the visitors to prevent any accident on the spot,” said Tourism Secretary Rahul Sharma. Minimum basic infrastructures related to public amenities have already been made available at every tourist or picnic spot in Jharkhand, he added.
Tourism Secretary further added that management of tourist spots during picnic seasons have completely been put in the hands of Paryatak Mitra. They were appointed by the State Government to provide assistance to the visitors at major waterfalls and picnic spots, he said.
Some prominent picnic spots in the city are Rock Garden, Kanke Dam and Sidho-Kanho Park in Gonda, Nakshatra Van, Machlighar and Jaquir Hussain Park in Kotwali, Tagore Hill in Bariatu, Ranchi Hill in Sukhdeongar and Hatia Dam in Dhurwa.
Rural hot spots like Jonha Falls under Anagara police station, Dasham Falls in Bundu, Birsa Munda Biological Park in Ormanjhi, Hundru Falls in Sikidri police station area and Rukka Dam under BIT outpost will also boast security cover.