Dehradun, April 21 -- A 12-member special team has been constituted to monitor the entire operation of the Char Dham Yatra, which commenced on Sunday with the opening of the Yamunotri Temple and Gangotri Temple. Dehradun superintendent of police (traffic), Lokjeet Singh, who has been appointed head of the team, said 12 different desks linked to various departments have been set up to monitor different aspects of the pilgrimage. The special monitoring team will function under the supervision of Rajiv Swarup, inspector general of police (Garhwal Range) and nodal officer for the Char Dham Yatra. According to Singh, the team will ensure round-the-clock monitoring of security arrangements, traffic movement, crowd management and disaster response mechanisms along the pilgrimage routes. He said checkposts have been established at several locations along the Yatra routes to maintain continuous surveillance. "Police personnel will be deployed at intervals of every 10 kilometres. The entire yatra route will also be monitored through more than 1,200 CCTV cameras and drones," Singh said. Officials said 118 parking sites have been identified along pilgrimage routes to regulate vehicle movement during the yatra. Authorities have also identified 52 bottleneck points, 109 landslide-prone locations, 274 accident-prone spots and 61 black spots where additional police deployment and safety measures will be implemented in coordination with other departments. To strengthen surveillance, 92 CCTV cameras have been installed at shrine premises and 1,168 cameras along the routes. Disaster response teams have been deployed at 80 locations, while teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been stationed at 37 locations. Fire service teams have been deployed at 30 locations, and water police divers have been stationed at 32 locations. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will also be strategically stationed in districts including Dehradun, Haridwar, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Rudraprayag....