Govt deputes CISF to offer safety consultancy for Kashi Vishwanath temple complicated

By PTI

NEW DELHI: A particular safety consultancy wing CISF has been roped in by the federal government to analyse and decide the security and surveillance necessities for the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall and the temple complicated in Varanasi, official sources stated.

The Union dwelling ministry not too long ago directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to undertake the duty after the Uttar Pradesh authorities sought the providers of the “professional security and fire consultancy service” offered by the drive which is primarily answerable for guarding main civil airports and important installations of the nation.

A workforce of the CISF consultancy wing is presently enterprise the survey on the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall and the temple complicated on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi, the sources stated.

The workforce will put together a report on the safety necessities of all the temple complicated and can recommend the required manpower and sensible devices to raised safe the premises and guarantee correct surveillance, a senior officer advised PTI.

Experts of the drive will put together an general anti-sabotage plan for the temple complicated preserving in thoughts the actual fact it’s thronged by lakhs of pilgrims every month, he stated.

The plan can even pinpoint the structure for CCTV cameras deployment, location of safety posts, assembling level, and hearth security devices placement amongst different such necessities inside the temple and the hall complicated, the officer stated.

This service offered by the CISF is made on a value foundation and as per officers, the bills for offering safety and hearth consultancy for a big complicated just like the Kashi Vishwanath ought to value the state authorities round Rs 18.75 lakh.

The Kashi Vishwanath temple premises is already guarded by an armed unit of the CRPF.

However, the safety survey will recommend skilled methods to safe all the temple and hall complicated in a uniform method, the sources stated.

The first part of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall, developed at a value of about Rs 339 crore, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13 final 12 months.

The hall goals to facilitate and create a straightforward pathway for pilgrims and devotees of Lord Shiva who needed to take a meandering route by way of congested streets whereas they carried out the age-old customized of taking a dip within the Ganga river, amassing its water and providing it on the temple.

A complete of 23 buildings have been inaugurated by the PM in part one of many challenge.

These included ‘yatri suvidha kendras’, vacationer facilitation centre, Vedic Kendra, mumukshu bhavan, bhogshala, metropolis museum, viewing gallery, and meals courtroom amongst others.

The CISF safety consultancy wing was created in 1999 by means of an modification within the CISF Act and it has offered specialised suggestions on this area to greater than 213 authorities, semi-government and personal institutions until now.

These embrace the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain, the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya, NATGRID workplaces in Delhi and Bengaluru, Infosys campuses in Chandigarh, Jaipur and different cities, the Kanpur Metro institution, the RBI central workplace in Mumbai and the central jail in Bhopal amongst others.

The wing gives providers like menace notion and threat evaluation, entry management and perimeter safety, evaluation of manpower necessities, crowd management and administration procedures and disaster administration schemes.

NEW DELHI: A particular safety consultancy wing CISF has been roped in by the federal government to analyse and decide the security and surveillance necessities for the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall and the temple complicated in Varanasi, official sources stated.

The Union dwelling ministry not too long ago directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to undertake the duty after the Uttar Pradesh authorities sought the providers of the “professional security and fire consultancy service” offered by the drive which is primarily answerable for guarding main civil airports and important installations of the nation.

A workforce of the CISF consultancy wing is presently enterprise the survey on the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall and the temple complicated on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi, the sources stated.

The workforce will put together a report on the safety necessities of all the temple complicated and can recommend the required manpower and sensible devices to raised safe the premises and guarantee correct surveillance, a senior officer advised PTI.

Experts of the drive will put together an general anti-sabotage plan for the temple complicated preserving in thoughts the actual fact it’s thronged by lakhs of pilgrims every month, he stated.

The plan can even pinpoint the structure for CCTV cameras deployment, location of safety posts, assembling level, and hearth security devices placement amongst different such necessities inside the temple and the hall complicated, the officer stated.

This service offered by the CISF is made on a value foundation and as per officers, the bills for offering safety and hearth consultancy for a big complicated just like the Kashi Vishwanath ought to value the state authorities round Rs 18.75 lakh.

The Kashi Vishwanath temple premises is already guarded by an armed unit of the CRPF.

However, the safety survey will recommend skilled methods to safe all the temple and hall complicated in a uniform method, the sources stated.

The first part of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham hall, developed at a value of about Rs 339 crore, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13 final 12 months.

The hall goals to facilitate and create a straightforward pathway for pilgrims and devotees of Lord Shiva who needed to take a meandering route by way of congested streets whereas they carried out the age-old customized of taking a dip within the Ganga river, amassing its water and providing it on the temple.

A complete of 23 buildings have been inaugurated by the PM in part one of many challenge.

These included ‘yatri suvidha kendras’, vacationer facilitation centre, Vedic Kendra, mumukshu bhavan, bhogshala, metropolis museum, viewing gallery, and meals courtroom amongst others.

The CISF safety consultancy wing was created in 1999 by means of an modification within the CISF Act and it has offered specialised suggestions on this area to greater than 213 authorities, semi-government and personal institutions until now.

These embrace the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain, the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya, NATGRID workplaces in Delhi and Bengaluru, Infosys campuses in Chandigarh, Jaipur and different cities, the Kanpur Metro institution, the RBI central workplace in Mumbai and the central jail in Bhopal amongst others.

The wing gives providers like menace notion and threat evaluation, entry management and perimeter safety, evaluation of manpower necessities, crowd management and administration procedures and disaster administration schemes.