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Ram Path — the main thoroughfare — was choked as devotees flooded the streets of the temple town, which has been gripped by religious fervour over the inauguration of the grand mandir.
Security personnel with both the Uttar Pradesh Police and paramilitary forces attempted to control the crowd of devotees.
A robust security apparatus, consisting of 10,000 CCTV cameras and AI-powered drones, monitored the movement of people
The observation was made by a bench comprising Justices Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Prashant Kumar while disposing of a petition filed by Manmeet Singh who had availed of a loan of Rs 9 lakh from a private bank. "Surprisingly, RBI had been issuing guidelines but has done nothing for the implementation of the same. They have just been a mute spectator allowing the banks to charge arbitrarily a very high rate of interest," the court observed.
Carrying flags bearing visages of Lord Ram and chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', the devotees waited for hours in the biting cold before the doors of the grand temple opened