India, July 9 -- Geofencing of the entire Kashi Vishwanath Temple and surveillance of the temple and the narrow lanes of the city with the help of tethered and mini drones will be done in the month of Shravan, senior police officials said.

Deputy commissioner of police (Crime) Sarvanan T said, "Geofencing of the entire temple area will be done during Shravan. If any unauthorised drone enters the area, it will be taken down with the anti-drone system."

A tethered drone, stationed at Godaulia, will keep an eye on people visiting the temple and its adjoining localities, said the DCP.

"As many as 22 [crowd] pressure points have been identified around the KV temple. Cops from local police stations will be deployed for effective crowd manage...