High alert will be declared in the city on the occasion of Independence Day. “There is hardly any place in Mumbai which cannot be focused upon when it comes to security. Every nook and corner of the city will be covered on Monday,” said Nisar Tamboli, deputy commissioner of police, crime branch.
Consequently, the presence of uniformed policemen will be increased on the streets, with officers and constables patrolling every street in Mumbai. Apart from vital installations, security will also be beefed up at popular holiday spots.
“As Independence Day comes immediately after Sunday, Mumbaikars will be treating it as an extended weekend. Consequently, places like Marine Drive, Haji Ali, Juhu Chowpatty, etc. will be under heavy security cover. Also, since many families will be returning to Mumbai after spending the weekend outside, the possibility of terror elements posing as locals and slipping in cannot be ruled out. Hence, there will be nakabandis on all roads leading to the city,” said a senior police officer. The staff of every police station has been supplemented by reserve police officers, who will be assisting the police to patrol the city, as well as conduct combing operations. “We will also be conducting surprise raids on hotels and will be checking the backgrounds and belongings of people from other cities,” Mr Tamboli added.
Meanwhile, the railway police too will be out in full force to ensure complete se-curity. “CCTV cameras will be monitored round-the-clock and there will be security checks at all stations at least twice a day,” said Prabhat Kumar, commissioner of police, Railways.
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University plans to go paperless
Age Correspondent
Mumbai
Aug. 13: The University of Mumbai has embarked upon an ambitious plan of completely doing away with the use of paper for both internal and external communication.
According to officials, the University will be launching the e-governance and document journey management system (DJMS) on August 15 after the Independence Day celebrations at the Fort campus.
Throwing light on the project, a University spokesperson said that the decision of reducing paper work was aimed at expediting various inter- and intra-department work as well as tracking its progress.
While the project will make it incumbent on all University departments to make use of e-governance and e-office, affiliated colleges and institutions will not be bound to adhere to the system.
Dr Rajpal Hande, director, Board of College and University Development (BCUD) said, “In future, the University will have less use of paper, this is one of the attempts to be eco-friendly and bring transparency in the system,” said Dr Hande.
Officials and staff of the University have also said that it will even make the departments and authorities answerable.
“In the past, many a times, written communication has either been misplaced or delayed, as a result of which the system of the University has suffered. With this new initiative, such lapses will be entirely done away with,” said the spokesperson.