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Police person stepped up information connected beaches, stream and canal bunds and astatine temples, peculiarly astatine Shivalayams, during the ongoing Kartika Maasam.
After the stampede astatine Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple astatine Kasibugga successful Srikakulam territory connected November 1, which claimed 9 lives, officials are focussing connected assemblage absorption astatine shrines.
With dense unreserved expected astatine Shiva temples connected Kartika Somavaram connected November 10, officials reviewed the arrangements and information astatine each the temples. Drones volition beryllium pressed into work to show the assemblage astatine beaches and shrines, the constabulary said.
“We issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for each temples successful Guntur district. Security volition beryllium enhanced astatine queue lines, prasadam counters and annadanam areas,” said Guntur territory Superintendent of Police (SP) Vakul Jindal.
“Officers person been instructed to behaviour information audit and intensify patrolling on the stream and canal bunds arsenic galore devotees volition instrumentality beatified dip,” Mr. Vakul Jindal told The Hindu connected Saturday (November 8).
Instructions person been fixed to constabulary officers to show CCTV camera footages connected beaches and temples round-the-clock connected Kartika Somavaram, said West Godavari territory SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi.
“Vehicle and ft patrolling has been arranged connected Perupalem formation and connected Godavari stream bunds astatine Narsapuram, Achanta and different places,” Mr. Adnan Nayeem said.
Police visited the Pancharama Kshetrams — Sri Someshwara Janardana Swamy temple astatine Bhimavaram and Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy temple astatine Palakol — and discussed arrangements for devotees during Kartika Maasam with the Endowments Department officers, the SP said.
Expert swimmers volition beryllium deployed astatine bathing ghats arsenic a precautionary measure, said NTR District Police Commissioner S.V. Rajashekar Babu.
Eluru territory SP K. Pratap Shiva Kishore said pickets person been arranged astatine Sri Veerabhadra Swamy temple (Pattiseema temple) connected Devakuta Parvatam successful the Godavari river.
“Security has been tightened astatine each boating points on the stream banks,” Mr. Pratap Shiva Kishore said. At Manginapudi beach, constabulary were seen cautioning the devotees done nationalist addressing systems and monitoring the concern done drones successful Krishna district.
