Vizag Officials Review Arrangements For Simhachalam Giri Pradakshina
Police commissioner Shankha Brata Bagchi said elaborate arrangements were being made for traffic regulation, deployment of police personnel, security at road junctions, CCTV monitoring and emergency response teams.
Visakhapatnam: District officials on Tuesday reviewed arrangements for the annual Simhachalam Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Giri Pradakshina, scheduled to be held on July 28, with lakhs of devotees expected to participate.
District collector M. Abhishek Kishore, along with Visakhapatnam city police commissioner Shankha Brata Bagchi, GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg and other senior officials, inspected the 32-km Giri Pradakshina route from Lumbini Park through Seethammadhara, Madhavadhara, NSTL, Gosala and Tholi Pavanch.
The collector directed officials to ensure adequate arrangements for drinking water, toilets, medical services, street lighting, parking, control rooms, CCTV surveillance, public address systems, signboards, waste collection vehicles, ambulances and sanitation along the route.
He also inspected the Tholi Pavanch area and instructed officials to provide proper queue management, RTC bus diversions, parking facilities and other amenities for devotees.
Police commissioner Shankha Brata Bagchi said elaborate arrangements were being made for traffic regulation, deployment of police personnel, security at road junctions, CCTV monitoring and emergency response teams.
GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg said a special sanitation action plan had been prepared for the entire Giri Pradakshina route and that continuous cleaning operations would be undertaken to prevent the accumulation of garbage.