In view of New Year celebration, special squads of cops will carry out patrolling the city roads after the dusk and will conduct surprise inspection of hotels and clubs where the gathering of people is increasing as the New Year is inching closer.
Superintendent of police (city) Prabhat Kumar said they are taking every measure to ensure that the occasion is celebrated peacefully. Special squads of cops will carry out patrolling the city roads after the dusk and will conduct surprise inspection of hotels and clubs.
The city SP said that steps are being taken for the safety of women and girls so as to ensure that the latter may find no hurdles from anyone in coming out of their houses and returning home safely.
The East Singhbhum district police have decided to intensify drive against tipplers by pressing special squads for patrolling streets and public places as well as hotels from tonight. "As per the plans the squads will be on the streets for checking of drunk-drive may arrest anyone if find involved in rash-driving or drunk driving. During the drive which will last till late in the night we will ensure that the anti-social elements may not indulge themselves in clash on the streets and also at the public places like hotels, and also in the clubs," said the senior police officer.
Sources in the police said there will be about 100 additional policemen in four-wheelers and also on bikes for patrolling the city and also for their deployment in strategic points across the city.
With onset of winter, denizens of the district have started frequenting the picnic spots and different tourist's destination to welcome the New Year. Places like Jubilee Park, Dimna Lake, Tata Steel Zoological Park, Hudco Dam in Telco and Kanderbera, NH 33 are the favourites.
However concerned over recent spurt of naxal activities in the areas like Patamda, Ghatshila and NH 33 the East Singhbhum district administration has made elaborate deployment of policemen — both armed and lathi-wielding — along with executive magistrates to maintain the law and order situation during the celebrations. While policemen will keep a watch at Burudih Dam in Ghatshila sub-division and Narwah under the Sundernagar police station area, at Dimna, the job has been given to local villagers.
Although scores of holiday makers, especially from Bengal, visit all these places every winter, Dimna remains the top draw. The place becomes very crowded during this season. And taking advantage of the chaos, local hoodlums create trouble. “Steps are taken to ensure safety at picnic spots since New Year is inching closer. The security arrangements have been fairly strict with about a dozen guards in each of the spots, keeping the crowd under control besides monitoring their safety,” said a senior police official.