Staff Reporter
1552 cops and 280 volunteers will provide security cover to 7th Muharram processions besides enhanced number of Traffic Wardens to be deployed on city roads to regulate traffic load.
City Traffic Police (CTP) have devised a traffic plan for longest mourning procession of the city to be taken out on 7th Muharram-ul-Harram from Sadiqabad.
District police have also finalized all the arrangements to provide foolproof security to the mourners.
According to a police spokesman, all the arrangements for the security of 7th Muharram procession have been finalized.
Strict monitoring of the procession would be conducted as Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras have been installed at the route of 7th Muharram procession. Total 52 processions would be taken out including nine of A category, 15 of B category and 28 of C category in Rawalpindi district. 1552 cops under the supervision of 24 Inspectors, 57 Sub-Inspectors, 100 Assistant Sub-Inspectors and 280 volunteers would be deployed to ensure foolproof security of the mourners.
The mourners would only be allowed to join the procession from different entry points.
Quick Response Force would also be deployed for the protection of the mourners. Special contingents of commandos and police officials would be deployed on sensitive points.
Walk through gates would be installed for main mourning procession, he said adding, the police officials would use metal detectors along with the private guards of the Imam Bargahs and mourning procession managements. Every participant would be checked properly for the processions, he added.
According to the security plan formulated in this regard, aerial surveillance of 7th and Ashura processions would also be conducted.
Special checking of the route of the 7th Muharram procession would be completed before start of the procession and bomb disposal squad would clear the route. The route of the main procession would be sealed completely.
According to Duty Officer CTP, Headquarter Muhammad Waseem, a comprehensive traffic plan had been formulated to secure the route of the procession of 7th Muharram-ul-Harram and facilitate the citizens.
He said, parking of vehicles and motorcycles would be banned along the route of the mourning procession while all traffic proceeding towards the route of the procession would be diverted to other routes.
