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PUJA- Chattogram
Durga Puja begins in Ctg tomorrow amidst 5 tier security
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 14, 2018 (BSS) – Durga Puja, the biggest
and sacred festival of the Bangalee Hindus begins tomorrow in
the city as elsewhere in the district with the incarnation
(Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on Panchomi and formal
celebration of Maha Sashthi at all temples.
The five-day festival starts tomorrow while the
celebration will come to an end with the immersion of the
idols of the Goddess Durga in rivers and water bodies on
October 19.
Security has been beefed up in all Puja pandals
throughout the city and district with deployment of
additional squads of police, Ansars and RAB for peaceful
celebration of the festival.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken up five
tires security arrangement to ensure smooth holding of
upcoming five day long holy Durga Puja.
The security measures, aimed at celebrating the festival
without fear and traditional enthusiasm will start a day
before the Puja and will remain in force until immersion of
the idols.
CMP authority has taken up tough measures with close
surveillance on 121 puja pandels considered to be very
important and risky in the port city. CMP Commissioner
Mahbubur Rahman, told BSS.
A total of 255 Puja Mondops will be set up in Chattogram
city by the Hindu Community this year, President of
Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parisad Chattogram Advocate Chandhon
Dhar said.
The CMP authority will deploy 12 members of law
enforcing agency in and around very important Puja Mondops,
eight members at important and four members police and Ansers
at general puja mondops CMP commissioner said.
The CMP authority will also set up a control room to
smoothly handle the situation of Durga Puja, Rahman added.
Besides, the intelligence agencies were directed to
intensify their round the clock vigilance in and around the
city, he added.
CMP has already set up nearly 120 Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV) cameras at different strategic points to
monitor the security measures arranged for the city dwellers.
He said, they will engage 2,500 police personnel at 121
points and would set up 32 check posts in different strategic
places in the metropolis for the purpose.
Besides, deployment of additional three thousand forces
in addition to detective vigilance has been intensified in
all Key Point Installation (KPI), he said.
To make foolproof security huge check posts have already
been set up at different strategic points across the city,
which are now being monitored by the law enforcers round the
clock.
All the entry points of the city like Shah Amanat
Bridge, City Gate and Oxygen area have been brought under
tight security measures with CCTV monitoring. Necessary
instruction has also been given to search the suspicious
persons at any points during the festival CMP sources said.
Talking to the BSS Nure- Alam Mina superintendent of
Chattogram district police said they have also taken tight
and fool-proof security arrangement to ensure smooth holding
of upcoming 1,462 Durga Puja mondops in different parts of
the district.
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