Fortress Belgaum for tomorrow
11:24 AM Posted by ukmad
Come public festivals and the city of Belgaum is made into a fortress. May it be Shiv Jayanti or Ganesh Idol immersion which is tomorrow September 3, security in the city has been tightened.
52 CCTV cameras will record the entire idol immersion procession from the control room at Khade Bazar Police station. SP Sonia Narang said they have taken preventative measure to maintain law and order during idol immersion and procession. Ten 10 KSRP and 15 DARP platoons, 200 police officers, 2,000 police personnel, 200 women constables and 200 Home Guards will keep vigil in the city. Liquor shops will shut from tomorrow morning and will open only on September 4 after 10 am.
The idol immersion procession in which 195 mandals will take part will start at 4pm from Hutatma Chowk, and will take the following route- Hutatma Chowk, Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli, Ramling Khind, Hemu Kalani Chowk, Tahshildar Galli and will end at Kapelishwar.
The BCC has also made elaborate arrangements at Kapelishwar where 2 cranes have been installed for faster idol immersion.
People travelling to Belgaum tomorrow in the evening will need to take diversions from the regular route as traffic will be closed towards Bogarves and will be diverted as usual from Camp.
Tomorrow’s weather forecast by IMD-
Rainfall (mm) 27
Max Temperature ( deg C) 25
Min Temperature ( deg C) 21
Total cloud cover (octa) 8
Max Relative Humidity (%) 97
Min Relative Humidity (%) 96
Wind speed (kmph) 024
Wind direction (deg) 250
Shops robbed again why scores of robberies
7:44 AM Posted by ukmad
In the past few months, the number of housebreaks and shop robberies reported has increased more than two folds.
Just see this as a trailer; on Sunday 2 shops near millennium gardens were robbed for about Rs.50 thousand. On Monday the Universal store at Kadolkar galli was looted for again the similar amount.
Almost everyday these incidents are happening in town and citizens are now worried as to what is the police doing in this matter and why is that suddenly such incidents are on a rise. I do not have the complete list of robberies as of now but the number in the recent past is alarming.
See Deshmukh road alone, three shops were looted a few days back, which included Purohit sweet shop, a few days later the Nokia showroom at the beginning of Shukurwar peth was robbed for. Police station is less than 150 meters from the spot but still the robbers are free doing their job.
Private security agencies have a very good business ins this time and to add a black spot to them as well, allegedly a security guard himself looted in a college recently.
In all the citizens need to be more vigil and protect their own property.
Kerala Police in Belgaum on election duty
6:38 PM Posted by ukmad
Year ending time: targets to be achieved
4:30 PM Posted by ukmad
This is the financial year ending time and almost all are busy with their yearly targets. This should be the case with these traffic cops also. They were stopping each and every two wheeler, 3 wheeler rickshaw, tractors etc at the Gogte Circle today afternoon.
Police launch Crime Prevention month: safety tips issued
10:01 AM Posted by ukmad
According to Superintendent of Police Sonia Narang, residents should avoid keeping large amounts of cash and valuable ornaments in their houses and instead opt for safety lockers in banks.
They should install a door with iron bars inside their house, superior quality night latches and special eye lens on the main door.
Ideally, interaction with strangers and vendors should be through the grilled door.
High wattage light source with pilfer proof cover outside the main door should be installed for better illumination around the house.
While they go outstation, residents should not only inform their nearest police station but also their neighbors.
To take precaution against chain-snatchers, women going for a morning or evening walk should cover ornaments properly with their sari or dupatta.
They should not entertain unscrupulous elements coming home under the pretext of cleaning/polishing golden ornaments and other valuables.
Persons traveling in auto rickshaws should note down the registration number of the vehicles before boarding them.
She said the residents should check the antecedents/credentials of security guards and domestic servants before hiring them. They should insist on references and photographs.
They can also furnish particulars of domestic help and guards to the police.
They should avoid discussing money transactions and other important family matters in the presence of servants and outsiders.
People should be vigilant and inform the police about suspicious happenings or unclaimed objects found in suspicious circumstances and strangers moving suspiciously in their areas.
Thoughts on this please. Even after doing all this something happens who will take the responsibility, common people or the police or the Govt.
Source The Hindu
108 Ambulance service in Belgaum
4:17 PM Posted by ukmad
The 108 Emergency Response Service (ERS), now enters Belgaum.
The project covers medical, fire and police emergencies all in a single number. The need for such a service arises because the country lacks a systematic ERS, prevalent in the developed countries of the world.
The EMRI has thus proved to be a boon. It was born in the context of the ineffective co-ordination among multiple emergency response systems in the country coupled with an inadequate legal framework. To top it all, there was an absence of a single emergency number, trauma care facilities and basic life support ambulances. All these bottlenecks led the genesis of the EMRI.
So the next time there is an emergency the number to call is 108.
How the system works?
Gujarat police to grill SIMI man in Belgaum
7:51 AM Posted by ukmad
Based on the inputs provided by the Intelligence Bureau, the investigating agencies believe that both Mulla and Mansuri shared close ties and had even discussed the serial blasts.
Mulla is crucial to the investigation, as they believe that the duo had knowledge of the blasts.
Mansuri is alleged to have held several meetings at Gujarat and Rajasthan in which the focus was to indoctrinate youth into the banned outfit. He is also said to have kept in touch with Tanvir Mulla in Belgaum and the suspicion that the two could have jointly planned the blasts in their respective states
See original story on rediff.com here
Gujarat police to grill SIMI man in Belgaum
7:51 AM Posted by ukmad
Based on the inputs provided by the Intelligence Bureau, the investigating agencies believe that both Mulla and Mansuri shared close ties and had even discussed the serial blasts.
Mulla is crucial to the investigation, as they believe that the duo had knowledge of the blasts.
Mansuri is alleged to have held several meetings at Gujarat and Rajasthan in which the focus was to indoctrinate youth into the banned outfit. He is also said to have kept in touch with Tanvir Mulla in Belgaum and the suspicion that the two could have jointly planned the blasts in their respective states
See original story on rediff.com here
Sonia Narang new SP of Belgaum
9:54 AM Posted by ukmad
Sonia Narang will be the new Superintendent of Police of Belgaum.Hemant Nimbalkar has been transferred to Chickmanglur.
800 old idol seized
7:52 AM Posted by ukmad
Source: The Hindu
The Belgaum Police busted an inter-State antique smuggling racket and seized a priceless copper-brass idol of Goddess Lakshmi Devi and three persons on Friday.
Quoting antique experts who were shown the idol immediately, Superintendent of Police Hemant Nimbalkar said the idol was at least 700 years old and resembled the artefact created under the Chola rulers of South India. The idol would be handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India for further investigation.
He said that acting on a tip off, a team of city police officials kept constant watch on the movements of the accused and arrested them while they were carrying the idol near Argan Talab on Belgaum-Hindalga Road.
The names of the arrested persons were given as Asgar Ali (35) and Vilas (45), both from Uchagaon in Belgaum taluk, and Lakshman (42) of Koulge in Chandgad taluk of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra. The police also seized two motorcycles from the accused.
He said the accused, who had procured the idol from Trichy in Tamil Nadu, had struck a fresh deal with a local agent for Rs. 1.50 crore. Another deal was being worked for Rs. 10 crore with an antique dealer in the country, suspected to be in Mumbai, he said. The police would find out whether the accused were involved in similar cases in the State and elsewhere and also about their links.
Nice Place to sleep
2:43 PM Posted by ukmad
This is Bogarves (Dharnmveer Sambhaji Chowk).
The heart of the city. Where you can see a DOG taking a quite nap in the place where the traffic police should have stood and guided the traffic. May be the Dog knows no one will disturb it here............
