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Uttar Pradesh Orders Festival Safety Push, Bars 'Reel'-Making Cops From Sensitive Posts

The chief minister issued enforcement and preparedness orders following a late-night review with district and police leaders.

Overview

  • Police personnel who create social-media reels will not be posted at sensitive locations, with an emphasis on discipline during public duty.
  • Authorities must ready lighting, floating barriers, CCTV coverage, health sub-centres, mobile toilets, lost-and-found booths and changing rooms before large gatherings.
  • SDRF and NDRF teams are to be actively deployed, boating requires life jackets, and extra vigilance is ordered in Varanasi, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Amroha, Badaun and Ballia.
  • The chief minister directed smooth paddy procurement, rapid surveys of rain-hit crop losses, prompt compensation to farmers and zero tolerance for middlemen.
  • Special teams will conduct surprise inspections against illegal mining, with strict action warned for any official negligence.