Chandigarh/Sri Anandpur Sahib- To make sure foolproof preparations for the upcoming competition of Hola Mohalla at Sri Anandpur Sahib as per the instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Particular Director Normal of Police (Particular DGP) Legislation and Order Arpit Shukla on Thursday reviewed the safety preparations on the spot to make sure that the occasion could be performed in a clean and safe method.
The three-day lengthy annual Sikh competition Hola Mohalla will probably be held at Sri Anandpur Sahib from March 2 to March 4, 2026.
Chairing a coordination assembly with Deputy Inspector Normal of Police (DIG) Rupnagar Vary Nanak Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rupnagar Maninder Singh, Particular DGP Arpit Shukla directed that foolproof preparations ought to be made to facilitate lakhs of devotees from throughout the globe, who will collect to pay obeisance on the start place of Khalsa Panth.
Notably, your entire space has been systematically divided into 12 sectors and a complete power of round 5000 police personnel has been deployed to make sure security and safety of the devotees. For aerial surveillance and crowd monitoring, six drones have been deployed, whose stay feed will probably be monitored on the central management room.
Particular DGP Arpit Shukla, whereas briefing all of the sector in-charges and police power deployed, directed them to undertake the utmost humble strategy in direction of the sangat and work with full dedication and willpower to make this occasion profitable.
Reviewing the safety preparations, he mentioned that many new initiatives have been applied by the Rupnagar Police to make sure peaceable and clean conduct of the Hola Mohalla in order that the pilgrims wouldn’t face any form of trouble.
The Particular DGP mentioned {that a} complete of 21 parking areas, categorised by capability, have been earmarked and a colour-coding scheme for parking and routes will probably be applied to information devotees. For the comfort of the pilgrims, 24×7 shuttle companies, together with 100 e-rickshaws and 50 mini-buses, will function from the parking areas, he mentioned.
He additional added that QR-code based mostly data techniques have been put in at numerous places to assist pilgrims entry particulars relating to shuttle bus companies, parking factors, hospital places, and different important services.
The Particular DGP mentioned that round 200 CCTV cameras, together with PTZ and ANPR cameras, have been put in to cowl metropolis strategy roads to get real-time data on visitors influx, alongside 24×7 stay surveillance via the CCTV Management Room at Police Station Anandpur Sahib. For the primary time, a three-layer barricading system is being applied for efficient crowd administration on the Charan Ganga Stadium, he added.
In the meantime, the competition of Hola Mohalla is an emblem of the Chardhikala of the Punjabis typically and the Sikh group specifically, which witnesses large participation of the folks from totally different walks of life on the holy land of Sri Anandpur Sahib through the competition.
