Uttarakhand: Baisakhi bath on 14th April, Haridwar police on alert, fair area divided into 4 super zones, PAC deployed

Baisakhi bath is on 14th April. In which lakhs of devotees reach Haridwar and take bath in Ganga. Police has geared up to ensure the bath is completed safely. For this, briefing was done today. In the briefing, information was given about controlling the crowd of devotees coming for bathing, performing the duty of bathing honestly. In view of the bath of Baisakhi fair, the entire fair area has been divided into 4 super zones, 14 zones and 40 sectors.

Haridwar SSP Pramod Singh Dobal said that there is a possibility of a lot of devotees coming for Baisakhi bath. Last time, record breaking number of people came. In this sequence, we have made security arrangements. This time the entire fair area has been divided into four super zones. About 14 zones and 40 sectors have been made. Along with that, about 700-800 police personnel along with PAC force have been deployed in fair duty. After the briefing, the force will be on duty from night. This duty will continue uninterrupted till the bath in the fair area. Two strategies have been prepared to avoid traffic jams. SP Traffic has been made the nodal officer for traffic regulation. The diversion plan will be implemented on his call. If the traffic pressure increases, the diversion plan will be implemented. Bairagi Camp has been identified as an additional parking space.

On the other hand, the SSP also gave a statement about Babbar Khalsa’s call to the Sikh community to reach Haridwar for Gyan Godri Gurudwara on Baisakhi. He said that we have also received an alert regarding this. We are also working on this. He said that complete preparations have been made to ensure that there is no law and order problem. The Intelligence Unit along with LIU is ready to deal with any situation along with the local police.