new delhi the annual kanwar pilgrimage often proves harrowing for street users mainly because the walkers are given free run of the roads after the incident on tuesday when the saffronclad pilgrims were caught on film vandalising a car the cops admitted that there is also an unexpressed anxiety about law and order around this time of the yeardelhi police said on wednesday that steps are being taken to increase the number of cctv cameras along the pilgrimage route the cops also plan to ban the entry of motorcyclists on some stretches earmarked for kanwar movementalso read outrage over kanwariya vandalismintelligence agencies have often warned that among the tens of thousands of the devout who make the annul walk from haridwar to their places of residence carrying ganga water there frequently are criminals taking advantage of the anonymity offered by the crowds these people are often behind the unsavoury incidents on the roads and at the specially erected camps for kanwariyaslocal residents at shadipur in west delhi which has one of the biggest kanwar camps in the capital complained about problems created by bike and truckborne supporters of the yatris these men on bikes carry food and drinks for the kanwariyas but in their enthusiasm they ignore traffic norms said rakesh kumar gupta a shopkeeperothers in areas like mandawali in east delhi which sees large groups of kanwariyas travelling from ghaziabad every day are inconvenienced by the overly loud music during the yatra religious processions are okay but the police should curb this tendency to play movie songs at very high volumes said arundhati pandey an apartment dweller therepolice officers also revealed that drug peddlers join the parade of pilgrims trying to sell their wares to the tired devotees and could have a possible role in violence an officer said we have been monitoring their activities in areas where untoward incidents have occurred but it is not easy to keep an eye on them all the wayaccording to another officer the kanwariya committees have been issued pamphlets containing the dos and donts for the walkers spiritual leaders accompanying the yatris have also been requested to urge the kanwariyas on a violencefree march