5,000 cops posted for Kanwar Yatra

Nearly 5,000 security and traffic police personnel have been deployed across Delhi and its borders with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to manage the influx of kanwariyas entering the city through 13 designated routes, senior police officers said on Tuesday.

- Karn Pratap Singh

The deployment, part of an elaborate security and traffic management plan for the pilgrimage that started on July 11, comes as the annual Kanwar Yatra gains momentum, with pilgrims from Uttarakhand entering Delhi through border points with Uttar Pradesh. Key routes such as the Grand Trunk (GT) Road, Loni-Gokalpuri Road, Kalindi Kunj Road, and Agra Canal Road have already been partially cordoned off using nylon ropes, iron barricades, jersey barriers, and police columns to create dedicated lanes for kanwariyas. Similar arrangements will be made along the remaining routes from Sunday, when the pilgrimage reaches its peak, police said.