Bengaluru: Security has been tightened and vigil stepped up across the city to ensure peaceful celebrations of the New Year eve on Monday night by revelers, said a top police officer on Sunday.
“About 10,000 police personnel, including women constables, will be deployed in and around the city to maintain law and order and prevent untoward incidents on the New Year eve,” Bengaluru Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar told reporters here.
Briefing media on measures taken to usher in the New Year in a spirited way by the citizens, especially revelers who throng downtown and upscale areas, Kumar said about 80 platoons of the reserve police force and 250 policewomen would be stationed in the central business district (CBD) from Monday evening to Tuesday morning for patrolling.
“Vehicles will not be allowed to ply from Monday 9:00 p.m. to Tuesday 6:00 a.m. on Brigade Road, a stretch of M.G. Road, Church Street, Lavelle Road, Richmond Road, and Museum Road, with no parking 1km around the CBD area as revelers, will assemble to celebrate the event,” Kumar said.
As women, girls and children will also flock to downtown and visit malls, hotels, restaurants and shopping plazas, policemen and women in plain clothes will keep a watch on troublemakers and eve-teasers.
As part of the vigil, 270 jeeps and 1,200 patrolling bikes will move around the areas to regulate the movement of revelers gathering from all over the city and from outside.
Four drone cameras and four LCD display systems on giant screens and 15 watch towers will monitor the revelers in the CBD area and track down mischief mongers.
“Vehicular traffic will not be allowed on flyovers and elevated roads from 9:00 pm on Monday to 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday to prevent drunken driving by tipplers and road mishaps by revelers,” Kumar added.
Though eateries, pubs, clubs, and restaurants will be allowed to remain open till 2:00 a.m., owners will be responsible for any incident in their premises.
