Bhubaneswar, Mar 14: To ensure an incident-free Holi festival in the capital city, Bhubanswar, and other places of the State, the police and fire department have made elaborate plans.

The Commissionerate police have decided to deploy cops at strategic places, including river banks, to punish drunkards disturbing common people in the capital city.

People are eager to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, amid much religious fervor tomorrow. To ensure a smooth festival, police will check drunkards on roads, riverbanks, and other places. The Commissionerate Police have issued guidelines for the observance of the festival in the city. As many as 20 platoons of police forces will be deployed in the city.

The police have appealed to the people not to go to the rivers to bathe after Holi.

Police personnel, ODRAF and Fire teams will be deployed at all River Ghats in the city. IICs of all police stations will be engaged to check the movement of the drunkards on the roads and river ghats.

"Police will arrest all those who will be found drinking and celebrating Holi. Police will be inspecting all hotels and Inns. A special vigil will be kept on liquor sale and chemical colour sale," said DCP Jagamohan Meena.

Fire department has also prepared plans to avert any possible mishaps. Fire tenders will be guarding five bath points in the city- Puri Canal, Kuakhai and Daya rivers, and Bankuala and Balianta siphons. Firemen will be equipped with life buoys, life jackets, underwater BA sets, live boats and tower lights. People have been advised not to go into deep water.

According to the information, fire tenders have been deployed at 345 locations across the state. Eight more teams have been deployed in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and 100 teams have been deployed at Puri sea beach. Control rooms have been opened everywhere.

The state government has set a target of zero casualty this year.

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