Ensure that no untoward incidents occur during the Ganeshotsava festival.

Madikeri, Sep. 6: District Superintendent of Police Bindumani, who instructed the festival committees to be careful not to have any untoward incident during the Gauri Ganeshotsava celebration this time, warned that the organizers will be held responsible if any untoward incident occurs.

He was speaking at a meeting of the Gauri Ganeshotsava committees organized by the Madikeri Police Sub-Division at the Samudra Hotel Auditorium in the city.

This year, a single-window committee has been formed in the district, and the committee will include the tahsildars of the respective taluks, environmental officers, police department, public works department, Chescom department, fire department, executive officer of the taluk panchayat, and chief officers of the panchayat and city council. The Ganesh committee can submit a request a week in advance and take advantage of it. This committee will be in force until Ta. 13. If the place of Ganesh installation is a private/public place, written permission should be obtained from the owner/authority of the place concerned. For the convenience of the organizers of Gauri Ganesh installation, a no-objection letter from the police, revenue, fire department, public works and pollution control board departments is mandatory and this time a single-window system will be implemented in all 5 taluks of the district to obtain them. For Gauri Ganesh installation, the organizers should provide the details of all the organizers' ID cards, installation place, procession route, immersion date, etc. to the local police station in advance. After the installation of Gauri Ganesh, the organizers should appoint volunteers until the immersion day of the Gauri Ganesh idols. Illegal activities such as gambling should not be carried out at the place of Gauri Ganesh installation. If it is not done, the organizers will be held directly responsible. The SP said that the organizers should mandatorily install temporary CCTV cameras at all Gauri Ganesh installation sites.

Plex, banners, buntings, arches, etc. should be installed at the identified places after obtaining permission from the relevant departments as per the rules and removed immediately after the program is over. While purchasing Ganesh idols, idols with less height and width should be purchased. And during immersion, steps should be taken to place Gauri Ganesh idols within the limits of the vehicle and proceed with the procession. If any mishaps occur during the procession due to the use of idols with greater height and width, the organizers will be held directly responsible. During the immersion of Gauri Ganesh idols, people who know how to swim should be taken out when entering the water in rivers, lakes, wells, etc. To avoid fire accidents, it is mandatory to keep one bucket of water and one bucket of sand in the installation pendals of every Gauri Ganesh idol. Good lighting should be made in the installation pendals and immersion places of Gauri Ganesh idols. Every organizer should read and understand the SOP issued by the government regarding the Gauri Ganesh festival and follow the order of the Supreme Court. A copy of it will be given to every organizer, said Bindumani, adding that the police department is promoting the government's guidelines and rules regarding the installation and immersion of Gauri Ganesh idols on social media.

Time should be observed during the immersion of Gauri Ganesh idols. If loudspeakers (DJs) are used more than the prescribed decibels, legal action will be taken against them as per Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act. Last time, it was noticed that a lorry was used by a DJ with many speaker boxes, and he has a photograph of this. This time, if such vehicles are found, they will be seized by the police and a case will be registered.

The orders issued by the District Collector's Office regarding possession should be strictly followed. A WhatsApp group should be formed at the district level, including the organizers of each Gauri Ganesh idol installation, and the instructions given by the police department from time to time should be followed and the organizers should share their information with the department. The festival committees should join hands with the police department to celebrate the Ganesh festival in a proper manner. SP Bindumani said.

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