For the 141st Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, the Police department is all geared up and ready to roll. The procession is expected to stretch up to 1.5 km and cover around 15 km on road before returning to the Jagannath temple in Jamalpur. The symbolic ritual of cleaning the way for the raths will be done by state Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the 400-year-old Jagannath temple. The yatra will have 18 elephants, 101 trucks, 30 Akhadas, 3 Rass Mandals, 18 Bhajan Mandals and three raths. Given the stress on security during the procession, the Police department has done all arrangements. Over 20,000 cops will be deployed in the bandobast to ensure that the yatra is peaceful. The deployment will have city commissioner AK Singh, three Special Commissioner, five IG and DIG-level officers, 31 Superintendents of Police, 88 Assistant Police Commissioners, 253 Police inspectors, 819 Sub-inspectors, 14270 Constables and 5400 home guards. Apart from that, 22 companies of SRP, 25 companies of Paramilitary force, one team to Chetak Commando, 30 Quick Responses Team and 10 teams of Bomb Squad will be present. JK Bhatt, Joint Commissioner of Crime, said, "Our teams have already been deployed by Friday. The preparation for vigilance has already been completed."

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