The Chittoor police will deploy a posse of 600 personnel for the two-day Gangamma Jatara, scheduled to be celebrated in and around Chittoor on May 16 and 17.
Deputy Superintendent of Police K. Srinivasa Murthy said that five check-posts and 14 pickets would be set up. Four Rakshak mobile parties and eight Blue Colts teams would be deployed round the rock during the celebrations.
The Gangamma Jatara will be celebrated at ten places in the limits of Chittoor Municipal Corporation including Nadi Veedhi Gangamma in Bazaar Street, Greamspet, Kongareddipalle, Kattamanchi, Santapeta, Obanapalle and Mangasamudram.