BANARAS, INDIA, February 24, 2014 (Zee News India): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view large number of devotees visiting Kashi-Vishwanath temple here on the occasion of Maha Sivratri festival on Thursday, Inspector General of Police (IG range Varanasi) Prakash D. told PTI.
“More than 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the Kashi-Vishwanath temple on the day. Last year about 400,000 devotees visited the temple and this time we are expecting a rise in their numbers,” he said. Special arrangements have been made for the smooth movements of devotees, sign boards at various diversions are being fixed and a temporary cloak room has been been set up at Godwalia, he said. The officer said the area around the temple has been declared ‘no traffic zone’ and vehicular traffic would be prohibited from midnight. The IG denied any kind of threat inputs by the intelligence agencies on the day, as reported in a section of media.