Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on Sunday administered an oath to over 10,000 police personnel and paramilitary workers on the banks of the Ganga right here to conduct a protected and grand Kumbh Mela whereas behaving decently with the devotees.
The paramilitary workers included these from CRPF and ITBP.
The Uttarakhand Police chief requested the personnel deployed on Kumbh responsibility to conduct the occasion efficiently whereas guaranteeing strict compliance to the COVID-19 protocol.
Organising the congregation this 12 months amid rising circumstances of coronavirus is a large problem for the safety companies.
The giant gatherings of devotees for a holy dip within the Ganga right here on the events of Makar Sankranti and Mahashivratri has been thought-about as a trial run for the three foremost bathing dates of April 12, 14 and 28?
Normally held for 4 months from January to April, the length of Kumbh this 12 months has been shortened to only one month for the protection of pilgrims owing to the pandemic.
Earlier, the DGP carried out a puja on the Har ki Pauri ghat within the presence of IG Sanjay Gunjyal and Mela SSP Janmejay Khanduri.
Finishing touches are being given to Kumbh preparations in Haridwar beneath shut supervision of senior officers, together with Chief Secretary Om Prakash, DGP Ashok Kumar, Mela officers Deepak Rawat and Mela IG Sanjay Gunjyal.
