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Winter Festival 2008 & Security tightened in Mount Abu for New Year
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place at Mount Abu in Rajasthan with over 45,000 tourists, mostly from Gujarat, thronging the hill station to welcome the New Year.
Stringent checking of important places, frisking of tourists and their baggage’s has been undertaken in the town situated at 5,742 ft in the Aravali ranges and sprawling over 5,000 acre.
According to deputy superintendent of police Chensingh Rajpurohit, "Besides regular police officials, additional force, including an inspector two sub-inspectors and 100 jawans have been deployed in wake of prevailing situation after Mumbai terror attacks." Closed Circuit TV cameras (CCTV s) have been installed at all important locations in the mountain town and intensive checking is being carried out at the very climbing point and also at toll collection point."
"Besides tight security, policemen in civil dress ate on the move at public places like Nakki Lake, Dilwara Jain temple and other tourist attractions too look out for mischief mongers," he said.
Hotels, which are doing' brisk business, have been asked to install CCTV's at all important places in their premises. "No is allowed in the hotel without a valid identification," Rajpurohit added. Meanwhile, tourists continue to swarm Mount Abu; braving cold and chilly winds. The three-day Sharad Utsav (winter festival) jointly organized by Rajasthan Tourism and Mount Abu NagarPalika also got off to a glittering start on Monday, Deputy director, Rajasthan Tourism, Udaipur, Sumita Saroj said, "Skating, 'mehndi' and rangoli competitions are some of the major attractions in the festival. A 'Lagan' cricket match of 20 overs played on Tuesday stole the show."
According to municipality chairman Jalamgiri, “ As many as 45,000 tourists are already on the hills and number is increasing daily. At present, the night and morning temperatures are being recorded in minus."
MountAbu has turned into a favourite destination for newly-wed couples too. If NRI couple Pranav and Rohini experienced a memorable winter of their life, Maunas and Shital from Panipat in Haryana said they want to visit this place every year.
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