Police and district administration reviewed security auditing at Ramanathaswamy Temple here on Wednesday after roping in the Customs, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and other intelligence agencies.
Giving details of the deliberations, Superintendent of Police N.M. Mylvahanan said that the temple authorities had been asked to ensure that all the 24 CCTV cameras installed on the temple premises functioned properly and the footages were monitored.
The footages were monitored on a television installed at a hall near Joint Commissioner’s office and it had been decided to post constables there to make the monitoring foolproof, he said.
The ‘security auditing’ chaired by Collector K. Nanthakumar and attended among others by Joint Commissioner of the temple, C. Selvaraj, decided to provide separate parking bays for two-wheelers near the office of Assistant Director of Fisheries.
To test the alertness of security personnel posted at the temple and ensure that they acted swiftly during emergency situations, drills would be carried out from September, the SP said.
As part of providing high security to the temple, the Tamil Nadu Special Police team, bomb detection squad and Quick Reaction Team, already deployed at the temple would continue, the SP said. “There are sufficient fire power weapons,” the SP told The Hindu .
He said that the temple authorities had been asked to expedite procurement of X-ray baggage scanners and ensure that cell phone jammers installed at the temple functioned properly. They were also asked to train the 60 temple security personnel on fire extinguishing, the SP said.
For the Aadi Amavasai festival on Friday, about 400 police personnel and Home Guards would be deployed for security.
Three Deputy Superintendents of Police, one each for law and order, traffic and crowd control, and Additional Superintendent of Police (ADSP) would oversee the security arrangements, he added.
“Temple authorities were asked to ensure that CCTV cameras functioned properly”
