Post Patna serial blasts, the State police and district administration are leaving no stone unturned to maintain foolproof security during BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally on December 29 at Prabhat Tara Ground in HEC area of Ranchi.
Police has issued strict instructions for the workers engaged in constructing the stage that no holes should be left open on the rally ground immediately after taking over Prabhat Tara ground on Saturday after the visit of National Investigating Agency (NIA) sleuths.
As many as 20 CCTV cameras will keep a close vigil on the each and every movement of the crowd to be monitored by the police officials during the rally of Narendra Modi. No one will be allowed to enter beyond a radius of 90 feet from the stage.
"Special eyes will be kept on the drilling being done by the workers to put in poles for barricading and stage making. The workers are being issued Identity cards to avoid any confusion among the organizers and the police," said SI Birendra Kumar Rajvanshi. As many as 25 police men are keeping a close eye on the workers round the clock along with 12 armed police as static force, said Rajvanshi.
Senior police officials, including ADG (Special Branch) Rezi Dungdung, IG (Ranchi Zone) MS Bhatia and SSP Bheemsen Tuti along with other officials on Monday visited the rally ground and discussed several issues, including the management of crowd.
"Police will have to do three-way monitoring at a time during the rally - firstly, security of the venue, secondly, control of crowd and thirdly traffic control. Crowd will also be monitored through CCTV cameras which are to be installed at all the entry and exit points," said Bhatia.
Referring Sithio village, Bhatia said that we are giving Sithio as much importance as being given to the other villages and locality around the venue ground as police are keeping a close eye on the people and their activities of the nearby localities located in the close vicinity of the ground.
Taking no chances, general public will be kept away beyond a radius of 160 feet from the stage. Only media and women will be allowed outside the radius of 90 feet from the stage. "A huge stage of 3200 square feet is being prepared about 10 feet above the ground so that Modi ji could be visible from the last corner of the ground," said BJP leader and convener of NaMo Mantra Sanjay Seth.
Seth also said that as NaMo Mantra will distribute one lakh free cups of tea among the people in the rally.
Modi's voice will shake the area through over 800 loudspeakers as well as 20 sound boxes installed all over the ground creating a sound energy of over 2 lakh watts during the rally. A renowned sound solutions company from lucknow has been hired for the rally which has started preparing since Saturday.
Police have been patrolling around the venue regularly round the clock and a CID team has also been deputed to keep a close vigil on the activities around the ground. Police will fully take over the ground on November 27 evening and the organizers have been asked to finish their work within the deadline.
To keep the crowd intact in the ground, Bhojpuri artist Manoj Tiwari has been called in who will perform along with the local folk artists on a separate stage erected on the left side of the main stage meant for the artists while another stage on the right side will be occupied by the MlAs and MPs other senior leaders of BJP.
Synthetic mat will be spread all over the Prabhat Tara ground, expanded over 11.5 lakh square feet area, is expected to attract over 3.5 lakh people. Order of one lakh chairs has been placed by the organizers for the rally.