As Kanwar Yatra reaches its peak, police in elements of western Uttar Pradesh have donned the guise of Kanwariyas to hitch the processions to rein in regulation and order, based on officers. Carrying saffron t-shirts with shorts or monitor pants, lots of of police personnel in Muzaffarnagar have joined different ‘Bhole’ – in a manner – changing into faux Kanwariyas, because the Kanwariyas are fondly referred to as, the officers stated.
Throughout the Kanwar Yatra, devotees of Lord Shiva, particularly in north India, stroll on foot to Haridwar, Gaumukh, and so forth in Uttarakhand to fetch the water of Ganga River within the auspicious Hindu month of Shravan. They then supply the holy water to Lord Shiva again dwelling. Safety measures have been stepped up within the district with hundreds of police personnel on obligation, at the same time as drones have been deployed for aerial monitoring and surveillance for regulation and order, a senior official stated.
“Muzaffarnagar on the UP-Uttarakhand border is a key district for the annual pilgrimage of ‘Shivbhakts’ as any pilgrim on the Yatra to Uttarakhand must essentially cross by means of it. The district has round 50 km of street stretches that type the Kanwar routes,” the official instructed PTI. After bringing ?Gangajal’ from Uttarakhand, the Kanwariyas attain Muzaffarnagar after which break up methods to Meerut, Shamli, and so forth whereas the locals transfer to Shiv Chowk, amongst different distinguished temples in Muzaffarnagar, the official stated.
“Safety measures have been stepped up. In addition to the traditional deployment, round 400-500 police personnel within the clothes of Kanwariyas are participating within the procession for monitoring regulation and order state of affairs,” the official stated, requesting anonymity. The official stated the deployment of police within the guise of “Bholes” has been a routine observe for the previous a number of years.
The undercover personnel keep throughout the jurisdiction of the district as they combine with Kanwariyas throughout their foot marches, the official stated.”Round 750 CCTV cameras have been positioned on numerous strategic places, drones deployed for monitoring crowd construct up at key junctures and markets. The CCTV cameras are IP-controlled, which may be accessed by authorised individuals from distant places over cellphones additionally,” the official stated.
When contacted, Muzaffarnagar Senior Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal stated lakhs of pilgrims go by means of the district throughout the Kanwar Yatra and sufficient safety measures have been put in place. “Police personnel have been deployed alongside the Kanwar routes in giant numbers they usually have been instructed to make sure hassle-free motion of Kanwariyas,” Jaiswal instructed PTI.
“The directions of the state authorities are being adopted to verify the regulation and order state of affairs stays in management and strict motion is taken in opposition to any particular person desiring to brew bother,” the IPS officer stated.