Special Police station, 1200 jawans to guard the Tarnetar fair

Saurashtra’s famous Tarnetar fair will witness unprecedented security arrangements this year, thanks to general terror threat.

According to police sources, a special police chowki will be set up to check the visitors and vehicles entering the venue of Tarnetar fair.

Another 9 police chowkies will be set up inside the fair under designated Police Sub Inspectors.

A special Police Station will be set up with station diary and wireless set. This temporary police station will file the complaints and forward them to Than Police Station for further procedure.

The fair will be divided in six sectors for security arrangements. Each sector will be looked after by DySP level officer and Inspector.

Total 7 DySP, 13 Police Inspectors, 48 Police Sub Inspectors, 555 Police men, 2 companies of Border Wing and 550 Home Guard/Gram Rakshak Dal jawans will be on duty during the fair.

Total eight watch tower will be set up. Each tower will be equipped with 300 meter range CCTV camera and a binocular.

Bomb disposal team, Sniffer dog team will also be present in the fair to tackle any adverse condition.

District Police Superintendent Ashok Yadav is supervising security arrangements of the fair.