PRAYAGRAJ, May 4 -- The district administration has taken a stern view of tower and overhead water tank climbers to press for their demands. While officials are exploring measures to prevent a repeat of such dramatic protests, they are also contemplating legal action against them.

Manish Shandilya, deputy commissioner of police (City), said that the police had noticed a clear rise in such cases in recent months. He added that authorities were analysing the causes and may soon lodge cases in some incidents, noting that climbing towers or water tanks disrupts public life and diverts police and fire services without valid reason.

Nearly a dozen such incidents have been reported from the Prayagraj division over the past two months, most of ...