Siliguri Durga Puja guide map for 2013 launched

The Siliguri police commissionerate’s Durga Puja guide map for 2013 has been published. North Bengal Development minister Gautam Deb launched the map at an event organised at Air View More.

Siliguri police commissioner K Jayaraman, deputy police commissioner (HQ) OG Pal, assistant commissioner (HQ, traffic, East) Biswanath Halder and other officials were present at the event.

Speaking to the press, Jayaraman said 43 police assistant booths have been set up throughout town to benefit the people. The guide map provides all the important phone numbers of police stations and contains the locations and descriptions of important puja pandals. There is a mention on restricted areas to small and heavy vehicles in the map.

Jayaraman further said companies of women police and personnel from the detective department would ensure security. Besides, police mobile vans, officials in civil dress and state armed police forces would be deployed at various regions under the five police stations of town.

Talks have been initiated with several puja organising committees in order to set up CCTVs at the spots. The Mahanada Niranjan Ghat would be monitored through cameras and various awareness related programmes conducted, added the commissioner.(EOI)