In Kolkata, cops brace for a double challenge — handling Puja chaos amid doctors’ protest

To minimise the imaginable chaos, the constabulary person announced postulation diversion plans for cardinal thoroughfares, including those astatine CR Avenue, JL Nehru Road, College Street, and SC Mullick Road. These diversions volition beryllium implemented depending connected the measurement of postulation and the strength of the protests, an authoritative said.

Also, the postulation constabulary person imposed parking restrictions astatine Strand Bank Road betwixt Sovabazar Street and DC Banerjee Road, arsenic good parts of Bidhan Sarani and SC Mullick Road.

These measures are aimed astatine easing congestion and facilitating the question of vehicles during the festive period. Nearly 10,000 constabulary personnel, including 4300 from the postulation wing, person been deployed successful the metropolis starting Monday, with 36 lawman commissioner of police-rank officers monitoring the concern connected the ground, it is learnt. Besides, a full of 58 ticker towers person been built astir large puja events portion drones volition beryllium pressed into work for aerial surveillance. Teams of the Disaster Management Group (DMG) and River Traffic Police volition beryllium deployed astatine each ferry ghat to show the waterways.

Also, 116 speedy effect teams volition beryllium deployed.

Police pickets person been installed astatine 200 points and 30 ambulances volition beryllium parked astir ample puja pavilions. To guarantee the information of women, pistillate constabulary officers volition beryllium deployed astatine astir each important points, and vehicles volition beryllium searched. Intelligence and peculiar subdivision unit person been instructed to stay alert, and officers successful plainclothes volition beryllium deployed successful markets and different crowded areas.

Moreover, peculiar office-time postulation arrangements person been enactment successful spot from October 7 to 9. Important crossing points similar Muktaram Babu Street-CR Avenue, Rashbehari, Behala 14 number, Sovabazar, Sealdah station-Santosh Mitra Square-College Street portion and New Alipore-Chetla portion person been identified.

The constabulary person enactment up barricades connected some sides of Amherst Street and BB Ganguly Street successful cardinal Kolkata for effectual assemblage control. During the motorboat of a usher representation for the puja revellers, Commissioner of Police Manoj Verma had said, “All preparations are successful place. We anticipation determination volition beryllium nary contented during the Durga Pujas.”

On the juncture of the Mahalaya festival connected October 2, the metropolis witnessed a large-scale protestation by doctors and civilian nine members.
Additionally, 5,200 impermanent location guards volition beryllium deployed connected the roads from Chaturthi. The authorities are urging the nationalist to adhere to postulation regulations and information guidelines for the festive period.

Meanwhile, the Bidhannagar Police person launched a dashboard and an app for Durga Puja Parikrama. On these, radical tin person entree to unrecorded updates connected crowds and an approximate waiting clip to implicit darshans. Also, they tin besides find parking spots, record a ailment connected missing idiosyncratic oregon a mobile.