**Puri:** With the world-renowned Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and His siblings on Wednesday, the Odisha Police like every year has made comprehensive security arrangements for an incident-free passage of the grand car festival.
Talking to OMMCOM NEWS, IG (Central Range) R.P. Koche said that comprehensive arrangements have been made so far the security measures undertaken by the Odisha Police is concerned.
Elucidating on it Koche informed that over 131 platoons of police force have been deployed and adequate number of officers have been mobilised to look after the crowd control, traffic arrangement, security of coast and above all anti-terrorist measures.
On being asked about the possible terrorist attack on the occasion as recently such shocking incidents have already been reported from Bangladesh and elsewhere, Koche informed that there have been no such inputs either from the local sources or intelligence sources, but Odisha Police has geared up its machinery and adequate precautionary and preventive measures have already been taken to thwart and pre-empt such sinister designs of the terrorists.
On the common phenomenon of stampede during the Rath-pulling time, the IG (Central Range) informed that adequate measures have been taken for the dragging of the chariots in an orderly manner and the force has been mobilised to check cross-flow of traffic.
Koche also appealed for the cooperation of the pilgrims so that the grand festival passes of peacefully and smoothly.
