Kolkata/IBNS, April 6 -- With over 50 Ram Navami rallies planned in Kolkata on Sunday, including five large processions, police have demarcated routes and deployed heavy security cover, which will remain in place until April 7, media reports said.

Commissioner of Kolkata Police Manoj Verma met with senior officers of the city police and visited key locations to check the preparations on Saturday.

An additional 5,000 police personnel have been deployed in the city, he said.

Several posters and banners related to Ram Navami have been put up across the city by the saffron outfit, including outside the Raj Bhavan, Victoria Memorial, and the legislative assembly.

In areas like Sankrail in Howrah, rallies were held on Saturday, with large c...