Gaya: Nagaland Governor Nand Kishore Yadav on Sunday inaugurated a Kanya Pujan Mahotsav organised by a social organisation at Gandhi Maidan in Gaya town on the occasion of Maha Ashtami. A total of 2,100 girls are to be worshipped as part of the event.Organised for the past nine years, the event aims to promote respect for girls, social harmony and community participation. Last year, 1,100 girls participated in the programme. Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar also attended the inaugural session on Sunday.Meanwhile, Gaya DM Shashank Shubhankar and SSP Sushil Kumar inspected Durga Puja pandals, Ravan Dahan venues and idol immersion sites across the district on Sunday to review security arrangements and crowd management.The officials visited Rukmini Sarovar, Sita Kund and Rasalpur under Muffasil police station area. They reviewed fire safety measures, CCTV surveillance, entry and exit routes, approach roads, lighting and other essential facilities.The DM directed officials to ensure adequate fire safety arrangements, proper signage, safe electrical wiring and separate entry and exit points at pandals. At Ravan Dahan venues, he stressed the need for strong barricades, adequate lighting and public address systems to regulate crowds. He also directed officials to deploy divers at all designated immersion sites and arrange generators and halogen lights to ensure adequate illumination.Earlier, the DM and SSP jointly briefed magistrates and police officers at the police lines, directing them to report for duty on time and maintain close coordination. The administration has deployed 739 officers at 664 locations across the district. More than 30 magistrates, police officers and personnel have also been assigned to routes along which immersion processions will pass and to the immersion sites.Security arrangements include watchtowers at 27 locations, high-resolution CCTV cameras at 25 locations and videographers at 24 crowded places in the Sadar subdivision. Drone cameras will be used to monitor sensitive areas, while CCTV surveillance and barricading will help regulate crowds. Police will maintain a strict vigil against disturbances and rumours. The use of DJ systems has been prohibited, and divers will be deployed at water bodies during idol immersion to prevent untoward incidents.
