Cops to bus back activists

VADODARA, Dec 2: Arrangements for tight security around the dam site near Kevadia Colony in Narmada district began on Thursday after the Keshubhai Patel Government resolved to frustrate the attempts of the Narmada Jan Andolan NJA-led kar sevaks to reach the dam site on December 4.

Though Special Inspector General of Police, Vadodara Range, D.D. Tuteja and District Superintendent of Police, Narmada district, Raju Bhargava were unavailable for comment, as they were on the dam site till late this evening, officers at the Kevadia Colony Police Station said they were preparing for tight bandobast.

Sub-inspector G.M. Solanki, talking to Express Newsline, said that armed police from various districts had started landing there as per the security plan drawn up by senior police officials in Gandhinagar. When asked about the strength of security personnel to be deployed there, he refused to give exact numbers but said that arrangements were 8220;very very strong8221; and 8220;nobody will be able to break the security ring8221;.