Ranchi: Police headquarters has deployed around 12,000 additional personnel across districts to maintain peace and law and order during Durga Puja.The additional force includes around 6,750 home guards and 4,000 armed police personnel, besides several companies of Rapid Action Police, RAF and CRPF. Tear gas units and bomb detection and disposal squads have also been deployed.Around 2,000 personnel have been assigned to the state capital, with traffic police accounting for nearly half of the deployment, sources said.Ranchi district has been divided into 10 zones for better coordination. A district control room and four sub-control centres have also been set up to monitor the law-and-order situation.Police personnel and magistrates will be deployed at 200 locations, including puja pandals. In addition, 44 teams led by police officers are carrying out foot patrols at prominent places in the city. Magistrates and police personnel have also been deployed at 32 locations in the suburban and rural areas of the district.Crowd and traffic management are among the top priorities of the district administration. Barricades have been erected at 163 locations to regulate traffic inside the city. The movement of heavy vehicles will also be restricted from 8 am until 4 pm the following day.
