INSPECTOR General of Police (Jabalpur Zone), Anil Singh Kushwaha chaired a meeting to review the preparations for maintaining law and order situation during forthcoming Ganesh Utsav and Eidmiladun-Nabi festivals. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Jabalpur), Tusharkant Vidyarthi, Superintendent of Police, Aditya Pratap Singh, gazetted officers and SHOs of urban and rural police stations attended the meeting. Addressing the meeting, IG Anil Singh Kushwaha reviewed preparations for maintaining law and order arrangements during forthcoming festivals like Ganesh Utsav and Eidmilad-un-Nabi. He sought information about law and order arrangements in different areas and informed that the Ganesh idols and pandals will be installed at conventional places and its religious procession will be taken out from conventional routes.

 

Officers were directed for organising meetings of organising committees, DJ and Light Sound operators and religious events to make them sure about necessary precautions. IG Kushwaha said that the SHOs of police stations concerned should shoulder the responsibility of every idol and religious event to be organised in their respective areas and they will look after every single activity to take preventive action. Special attention must be paid in suspected areas of group clashes and other disputes in the district. Peaceful festivals celebration is the responsibility of police, and officers should ensure strict implementation on orders received from police headquarters. He directed the officers for paying special attention in areas where clashes were reported in past years and strengthening their information network for taking preventive action in case of any kind of agitation. Senior police officers along with gazetted officers should conduct visit in sensitive areas for better implementation of law and order arrangements. Policemen should check drunken driving with breath analyser at fixed points and ensure availability of Balwa drill materials, tear gas, video camera and PA system to avert any nuisance during the festival.