Statesman News Service
MALDA, Nov. 14: The police have literally taken over the Malda town to provide security to chief minister Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who will be in town till Sunday.
Dozens of special security personnel have already reached here and inspected all the programme venues and routes through which the CM's convoy would travel. They have also checked and doublechecked technical matters including the communication system. Special Intelligence officials in plainclothes have been deployed in the town to coordinate with the senior police officials. An expert team has also arrived to spot out the presence of improvised explosive device if any, on the tentative routes and the two venues. Leaving nothing to chance, the district police have asked the railway administration to keep its dog squad ready in addition to asking the BSF to keep an extra cautious eye at the Bangladesh border.
The short route from Malda Town Station to Old Circuit House and Malda College and campus of University of Gour Banga will be under the control of police for the next two days.
The district authorities have been rehearsing the security exercise since morning. It was learnt that the police could sterilise the Station Road, Rabindra Avenue and National Highway 34 junction when the CM's convoy passes the spot. Monitoring mobile networks is also being contemplated. The Malda SP Mr Satyajit Bandyopadhayay, ASP Mr S K Sarkar and other police officials today walked and rehearsed the policemen on the CM's intended travel route from Malda Town Station and checked all the roads. The police also staged a mock drill of escorting the CM's convoy to review traffic management system.
Administration ‘pulls up its socks’
The district administration is preparing an overall report of Malda district including developmental schemes and its implementation ahead of the visit of chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
The Malda district magistrate Mr Sridhar K Ghosh today asked the district planning and development officer to prepare a ‘booklet’ compiling overall developmental works and its present position. The Malda DM Mr Sridhar K Ghosh said it is expected of the chief minister to know about the overall position of the district from the DM and SP. “If he enquires about the status of the developmental project this booklet would be of help”, Mr Ghosh said.
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