Lucknow, Amrit Vichar. Prayagraj Mahakumbh will start from Makar Sankranti in January. A large number of prominent personalities and diplomats from around the world will also participate in the event. In view of this, on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, tight security arrangements are being made in the Mahakumbh. The security of water, land and air in the fair area is being made foolproof. In such a situation, it has been decided to deploy snipers, NSG commandos, commando squads, ATS, STF, BDDS and sniffer dogs etc.
Special guests including 40 crore devotees from all over the world will come to Mahakumbh. Keeping this in mind, special forces will be deployed in entire Prayagraj, fair area, major places, temples and Sangam. Diplomats from many countries also have to participate in the Mahakumbh. In such a situation, anti-drone system will be used. Bullet proof out posts will be made at many places in the fair area. This post will be made at all the entry, exit points, parking lots, major temples and other places of the fair area.
Apart from this, 2 contingents of NSG commandos and 26 AS Check (Anti Sabotage) teams will be deployed. This team will do checking etc. in the entire city. SSP said that 4 contingents of ATS commandos and 3 contingents of STF will be deployed in the fair area. Not only this, 6 teams of Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad BDDS will also be present.
Maha Kumbh Mela SSP Rajesh Dwivedi said that 20 snipers, 3 sniffer dogs, 4 SWON teams will be deployed for the security of the special guests. Along with this, teams of 30 spotters will also be deployed. Members of these teams will be deployed throughout the city, who will keep a special eye on every suspect and anarchist elements. The team of 9 Commando Squad will keep an eye on every nook and corner.
There will be an eye on underwater activities
Devotees will take a dip in the Sangam during Mahakumbh. For this, 2 contingents of Uttarakhand PAC will be deployed at Sangam. Actually, this contingent of PAC of Uttarakhand closely understands the underwater activities and is also quite expert, hence they will be deployed near the Sangam. This team will consist of one DSP, 4 Inspectors, 20 Sub Inspectors, 35 Head Constables and 65 Constables.
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