Tight security arrangements have been made at the Ambaji temple in anticipation of a huge turnout of devotees for the Bhadarvi Poonam fair to be held on Friday. The fair is held every year during the Bhadar month of the Hindu calendar and concludes on the full-moon day of the month. Number of visitors is likely to exceed the average of 20 lakh that usually throng the temple town every year,District Superintendent of Police Harikrishna Patel said. Closed-circuit cameras have been fitted in almost all hotels and inns besides huge deployment of police and para-military personnel for the final day of the fair, Patel said,adding,Bomb disposal and dog squads have also been pressed into service. Around 22 additional CCTV cameras have been setup at all important places,including state transport bus-stands and other public places,the SP said. All three gates of the temple have been fitted with the CCTV cameras. At every one km distance,we have special help centres providing round the clock service to the pilgrims, he added. Meanwhile,a flow of pilgrims on foot have begun to wade the roads leading to Ambaji. District Collector R J Patel,who is also the chairman of the Ambaji temple trust,said: We have left no stone unturned to provide maximum facilities to the devotees. Besides raising health camps on the roadside,a moving dispensary and ambulance have been kept on standby to attend to any eventuality.
