Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, is under tight security ahead of Holi celebrations coinciding with Friday Namaz. The administration has deployed heavy police, RRF, and PAC personnel, especially in sensitive areas like Shankar Chowk. The city has been divided into six zones and 29 sectors, with three layers of security planned. CCTV and drone surveillance are in place. Peace committees have been formed to promote harmony between different communities.
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00:00Massive security arrangements that have been made in the riot hit Sambal in Uttar Pradesh
00:05ahead of Holi celebrations because it falls on a Friday.
00:09The UP government has issued guidelines because Holi is clashing with Friday Namaz this year
00:14and amid the raging Holi versus Namaz debate, the Delhi BJP has echoed also a similar move
00:20in the national capital as authorities have ramped up security measures ahead of Holi
00:24celebrations with extensive arrangements in place to ensure that Friday Namaz continues
00:30and so do Holi festivities.
00:32As per the latest guidelines, cops will be visiting sensitive areas and there will be
00:37a very, very clear directive on ensuring that there is no targeting of each other.
00:44Cops will visit all places of Holi Kadahan.
00:47Cops and magistrates will also meet religious leaders of all religions.
00:52Cops will also monitor areas of mixed population, procession routes and communal hotspots.
00:57CCTVs and drone cameras have been deployed.
01:05Holi celebration is just a day away and Sambal is under tight blanket of security.
01:09Currently, I am here at the Shankar Chowk at the main market of Sambal which witnessed
01:14violent riots last year in the month of November where five people have lost their life.
01:19And keeping all that in mind, the administration have deployed heavy police as well as RRF
01:25and PAC constables and police personals on the ground to keep eye on the situation as
01:31you can see in the visuals.
01:33I am here at the Shankar Chowk, the main market of the Sambal which is few meters away from
01:38the Shahi Jama Masjid and not here.
01:41Various places which are seen sensitive by the administration like these police personals
01:46are deployed there with anti-riot gears, three layers of security has been planned
01:52in the city to control the situation as well as the city has been divided into six zones
01:56and 29 sectors.
01:58Not only police personals but police and other departments are keeping eye via CCTV and drones
02:06on the ground and here you can see in the visuals behind me how police personals are
02:10deployed here because only one day is left for the Holi and Holi and Friday prayers are
02:17coinciding on the same day.
02:19Keeping all that in mind, the administration is also talking with peace committees, they
02:23have formed various peace committees, those who are bringing people from various organizations,
02:30masjid committees, mandir committees on one platform to request peace with cameraman Pradeep
02:36Gupta, Anmol Bali, Sambal.
02:40The security arrangements in Sambal, Uttar Pradesh have been increased in view of Holi
02:44and Rang Ekadashi.
02:45Right now, I am outside Sambal's Shahi Jama Masjid where I would like to show you in the
02:50visuals behind me that you can see that PSA and RRF soldiers are deployed here in large
02:55numbers.
02:56It has been appealed to all people to play Holi before 2.30 pm and after 2.30 pm, those
03:04who want to offer their Friday prayers, should offer their prayers.
03:08People from both communities should peacefully celebrate this festival and support the police
03:14and administration.
03:15If any person has been forced to wear a kulaal and he feels this way, then he should go to
03:23the police station or police station.
03:26Police will take strict action against him.
03:29No person needs to take the legal system in his hands.