With the number of devotees seeking darshan at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri going over 50,000 every day after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Odisha government has decided to come up with special force for security and crowd management at the 12th century shrine.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved the creation of a dedicated special security battalion which will have 1,190 personnel.
“The special battalion for the world famous Shri Jagannath Temple has been envisioned and conceptualised to render full proof security, better facilitation of the devotees, and crowd management measures,” the State government said in a statement on Monday.
