CP inspects pandals, says cops ready to tackle any challenge
Times of India | 4 October 2024
Kolkata: On the day he carried out final inspections of major pandals across the city, Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said the force was ready to face any challenge. The top brass at Lalbazar said this included special situations that can impact law and order, like sporadic protests outside pandals. “All kinds of arrangements have been made and we are ready to meet any challenge, including crowd and traffic management,” Verma said outside the Deshapriya Park pandal on Wednesday.
Sources in Lalbazar said Verma also passed some last-minute suggestions to organizers of the nine pandals he visited.
The cop inspection also took into account the exits and spots from where the crowd will be channelled. “In one case, we advised that open pandals need to set up crowd circulation in a staggered manner,” an officer said.