Bengaluru: The city police have cancelled their plan to segregate men and women on M.G. Road during the New Year celebrations. They decided to enhance security arrangements instead of segregating men and women to avoid untoward incidents during the celebrations.
City Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar said here on Wednesday there would be no such restrictions for visitors, and added that people would be requested not to force their wishes on others.
He, however, refused to give reasons as to why the police had to drop the plan.
Kumar’s plan for M.G. Road and Brigade Road — which stemmed from incidents last year, when multiple women had complained of molestation — had met with mixed responses. A section termed the move regressive while others welcomed it.
The Commissioner of Police announced at the press conference that the deadline for the New Year celebrations across the city has been fixed at 2 a.m. The police have also decided to close some flyovers from 10 p.m. on Sunday to the early hours of Monday to keep a check on rash driving and other stunts.
He has also said 15,000 police personnel would be deployed across the city to ensure law and order and 500 CCTV cameras, including 300 surveillance cameras, will be installed on M.G. Road, Brigade Road and Church Street.
