India, July 29 -- About 3,500 police personnel will be deployed in Ghaziabad across the 126km routes passing through the district as part of elaborate security arrangements for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra, police officials said on Tuesday.

According to official figures, the Ghaziabad district has three major Kanwar routes: 37km of the Pipeline Road to Loni, a 39km route from Kadrabad (Ghaziabad-Meerut border) to Seemapuri Border (with Delhi), and about 50km of the route on the Delhi Meerut Expressway.

"This time, the routes are divided into 157 beats with 502 static duty points. Further, 100 police response vehicles, 16 quick reaction teams, eight watchtowers, and 10 control rooms, including the main control room at Meerut Crossing, will ...