Darjeeling security up for festivals,tourist season

SNS Darjeeling, | 13 October, 2015: With the tourist season drawing near and a festivity mood in the air, Darjeeling police have decided to gear up security in Darjeeling.
Superintendent of police (SP), Darjeeling, Amit P Javalgi said the police will intensify patrolling in various places of Darjeeling and also install CCTV cameras at 15 significant points in the town.

He added that a 24-hour control room with multiple phone numbers for police assistance will be made effective soon.
The announcements were made after the Darjeeling police conducted an interactive meeting with the Hotel Association of Darjeeling.
Sources said that the objective of the meeting was to make Darjeeling ‘tourist friendly’ and to establish a cordial relation between the Darjeeling hoteliers and the police. 

“Mall road,which is located near Chowrastha does not have any lights. Once it gets dark,the road becomes a hub of drug addicts.I request the police to introduce patrolling there,” said one of the Hoteliers in the meeting. 
Increase in police patrolling in places such as Mall road,near Chowrastha, Jalapahar,Coochbehar road, and TV tower in Darjeeling was suggested by various hoteliers who claimed that these roads are a hub of drug addicts from evening. 
The hoteliers also requested the SP to have arrangements made for electricity supply to some roads in Darjeeling, and to take measures against the increasing number of dogs in some roads near the hotels. 
Javalgi said he will pursue the matter with the municipality at the earliest. Another hotelier raised concerns regarding the speed of two wheelers in the area that extends from Chowrastha to Governor’s Palace and said, “The road is used by several pedestrians, both tourists as well as locals and yet we witness two wheelers being driven in extremely high speeds.” 
“Traffic infrastructure will be renewed and we will make use of all we have to ease the traffic problem,” Javalgi added. According to Javalgi, another meeting between the hoteliers and the Darjeeling police will be held in December after the implementation of the security measures.