The Hindu : 5,000 policemen for samajotsava duty

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Sunday, Dec 07, 2003

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Southern States - Karnataka

5,000 policemen for samajotsava duty

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE DEC. 6. More than 5,000 police personnel will be on duty to maintain law and order in the city during the "Virat Hindu Samajotsava" to be held here on Sunday. According to the police, 40 platoons of the City Armed Reserve (CAR) and the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and two companies of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) will be deployed in addition to police personnel drawn from various units.

As a precautionary measure, the police have banned the sale of liquor from 6 a.m. on Sunday to 6 a.m. on Monday in Fraser Town, Commercial Street, Bharathinagar, Shivajinagar, D.J. Halli, K.G. Halli, Krishnarajapuram, Ramamurthynagar, Hennur, Banaswadi, Mahadevapura, Byappanahalli, Indiranagar, Ulsoor, HAL, Jeevanbimanagar, and Airport police station limits. Further, the police have prohibited parking of vehicles on Meenakshi Koil Street, Central Street, St. John's Road (from Dickenson Road junction to Shri Circle), Jogupalya Main Road (G Street), and Hospital Road on Sunday.

According to the police, traffic is likely to be affected on Meenakshi Koil Street, Central Street, Hospital Road, Dispensary Road, St. John's Road, and Post Office Road in Shivajinagar; Wheeler Road, K.R. Road, and Shivan Chetty Garden Road in Cox Town; and Jogupalya Main Road, Ulsoor Bazaar Street, Ulsoor Road, Dickenson Road, and Dobhighat Road in Ulsoor in view of the samajotsava.

The organisers of the samajotsava have put up saffron flags, banners, and buntings and "welcome" arches on all important roads and near circles in the city.

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