Prayagraj: Foot patrolling, separate enrty & exit routes, crowd & traffic management, network of CCTV cameras, barricades, drones and additional police forces are at work to man the rush of devotees expected to throng ghats and prominent Lord Shiv temples in Sangam city on the fourth and last Somvar of the Shrawan month to be observed on Monday.Senior cops on Sunday reviewed the security arrangements focusing on prominent Lord Shiv temples, kanwar route, markets located near temples, and traffic for the convience of devotees. Stress has also been laid on adequate police forces deployment, QRTs, surveillance system, and ghat safety to make the festival safe and secure for kanwariyas.Security has been beefed up at five prominent temples including Nagvasuki Mandir, Padila Mahadev, Mankameshwar Mahadev, Natheshwar Mahadev, Someshwar Mahadev and ghats on Sunday.A senior cop told TOI, “Anticipating large crowd of devotees on the occasion of last and fourth Shrawan somvar, we have made additional deployment of police forces at ghats and temples. All prominent public places including temples and markets are under police scanner and a strict vigil is being maintained” . Barricades and mobile police pickets have been stationed on streets leading to prominent city temples.As the footfall of kanwariyas rushing to city’s ghats rises, additional police pickets were deployed on the routes between Jhunsi and Handia.” Security has also been beefed up at prominent Dashashwamedh Ghat and Sangam in anticipation of the large number of kanwariyas expected to visit the famous banks along Ganga to collect water for offering it at Lord Shiv temples.On Sunday too, scores of groups of kanwariyas started their journey to Kashi Vishwanath temple from Sangam and other ghats to perform ‘jalabhishek’ on last Somvar of Shrawan month.Pratapgarh resident Raghvendra Mishra and friends took holy water from Dashaswamedh ghat and set out for Kashi Vishwanath o nSunday. “ As its last somvar of sshrawan month, we don’t want to miss the oppurtunity and took out our journey”.
