SP assures security in every puja pandal

SHILLONG: As Shillong is preparing to celebrate the festive season of Durga Puja, the East Khasi Hills police has started making elaborative security arrangements in the city and the district.
 SP, Davis N Marak informed that elaborate security arrangements will be put in place by police in the city and the other parts of the State.
 He said that police personnel will be deployed in each and every Puja pandals.
 “The security arrangements are for the protection of the idols and during the immersion day, which is the last day of the festival,” Marak said.
 Informing that other aspects of security have already been discussed with the district administration and Central Puja Committee (CPC), he added that CCTV cameras will be installed in all the pandals.
“In case of emergency, exit plans have already been worked out,” he said.
 When asked on the traffic arrangements, he informed that the police have chalked out a sub-plan for traffic deployment during the Puja festival across the state.
 “We will also be deploying sector officers in various parts of the district, who will in turn coordinate with volunteers of different Puja pandals in assisting police to regulate traffic and other security matters,” the district police chief said.