Ranchi, Oct 26 (PTI) Security has been beefed up in all water bodies across Jharkhand where devotees will offer Chhath puja prayers on Monday evening, a police officer said.

Additional forces, drones and CCTV cameras have been deployed in major cities, including Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad, to keep an eye on puja activities, he said. Teams of NDRF have also been deputed at vulnerable water bodies.

In Ranchi, 62 water bodies have been divided into three categories—namely A, B, and C—according to the risk factors associated with these ghats, Superintendent of Police (City), Paras Rana, said.

Water bodies in category A are considered high-risk, B as vulnerable, and C as least vulnerable, he added.

"At high-risk category water bodies, at least 20 security personnel will be deployed. Sim

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