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Ensuring tourists’ safety: CCTV to be used for surveillance in Cox’s Bazar
The local administration has decided to bring Cox’s Bazar district town under CCTV surveillance to ensure tourists’ safety.
The decision came from a views-exchange meeting, held at Tourist Police’s Cox’s Bazar Regional Office on Tuesday evening.
Abul Kalam Siddique, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Tourist Police, said the initiative has been taken to curb crime in the area. It will also help identify and arrest the criminals, he said.
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Besides, he also urged owners of hotels and motels located in the district town not to rent out hotel rooms without national identity cards.
Issuing a warning, the DIG of Tourist Police said legal action will be taken against owners of hotel and motels if they are found involved in violating the order.
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Additional DIG of Tourist Police Bidhan Tripura, Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar Police Mahfuzul Islam, President of Cox’s Bazar Hotel Owners Association Abul Kashem Shikdar and others were present at the meeting.
Durga Puja: CCTV installation must at puja mandaps, says home minister
Installation of CCTV cameras have been made compulsory at all puja mandaps ahead of Durga Puja to ensure security, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said.
Durga puja will be celebrated across the country from October 1 to October 5 and this year there will be 32,168 Puja mandaps across the country, he said while talking to reporters after a meeting held at the Secretariat over law and order situation for ensuring smooth celebration of Durga Puja.
Talking over the security arrangement, Asaduzzaman, said, “We have taken decisions to ensure security at the puja mandap and additional forces of law enforcement agencies will be deployed as per necessary.”
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Besides, Durga Puja organisers have been told to deploy volunteers to ensure security. The authorities concerned have been asked to provide wristbands to volunteers with which police can identify them.
Ansar members will be deployed and arrangements will be taken for them.
Replying to a question about untoward incidents that happened in Cumilla last year, during Durga Puja, the minister said, “If we think that there is a need to take special security measures then we’ll definitely go for it. Security personnel will patrol the big mandaps.”
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Besides, the patrolling team will also take steps to prevent stalking, drug use and any untoward incident at the mandaps, he said.
People have been asked to make emergency phone calls to 999 to avail any kind of services from the law enforcement agencies, he added.
Referring to the traffic congestion, Asaduzzaman, said steps will be taken to ensure smooth traffic management and a team will keep monitoring social media and rumours, and take action.
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He also urged the authorities concerned to arrange two gates for female and male visitors.
Halda River under CCTV surveillance
Close Circuit Television Cameras(CCTVs) have been installed at eight points of the Halda River, the lone natural breeding ground of carp-like fish in South Asia, aiming to protect its biodiversity.