DIG convenes meeting in view of Durga Puja, focus on traffic management

Jamshedpur : In view of forthcoming festive season, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, Kolhan, Sambhu Thakur on Wednesday held a meeting of his sub-ordinate officers at the chamber of senior SP in Bistupur.

During the meeting that lasted for four hours, the DIG held separate sessions with the deputy superintendents of police and with the officers-in-charge of various police stations in two phases during which he discussed the present law and order situation in the city, traffic arrangement and also about beefing up the police set up for the Durga Puja.

Thakur said they reviewed the present law and order situation and matters related to the pending cases with the DSPs and the officers-in-charge separately.

“I am overall satisfied with the present law and order situation. But I want the East Singhbhum district police maintain the same standard during Durga Puja because the steel city has to face a huge rush during this grand Puja,” said Thakur while talking to the newsmen.

Those who attended the meeting include senior SP, Anoop T Mathew, SP (city) Prashant Anand, SP (rural) Mohammed Arshi.

The DSPs who attended the meeting were J Kerketta, Kailash Karmali, Amit Kumar, Animesh Nathani, KN Mishra, Sanjay Kumar Besra, Vivekanand Thakur and Vimal Kumar.

According to sources, at the meeting the DIG also discussed about ongoing naxal activities in Ghatshila sub-division and else where in the East Singhbhum district.

He instructed the police officers concerned to continue the anti-insurgency operation at Ghorabandha and
Ghatshila.

Maintaining equal focus on the disturbed areas of the Ghatsila, Potka and Patamda blocks of the East Singhbhum, where Maoists influence is more than the police, the local establishment of the police has decided to provide adequate security there.

Naxalites are known for their uncertain behaviour when it comes to violence and police cannot take a chance, at least, during the pujas.

Nonetheless, SSP, East Singhbhum , Anoop T Mathew has maintained that police job in the Naxal infested areas would be as usual and there is nothing as �extra caution� on part of the police in the rural areas during pujas.

It would be worth mentioning that Para Pujas have registered a sound growth in the remote areas of the district though, over the years and these puja pandals draw a good number of villagers, too.

Keeping in mind the huge crowds that congregate at various places across the city during the festive season, the police will set up watch towers to ensure safe immersion of idols.