thrissur authorities are planning stringent measures for a smooth and safe conduct of the famed thrissur pooram closedcircuit television cameras will be installed in thekkinkad maidanam to monitor the crowd as well as the participants maintenance of electricity cables will be completed by april 7 much ahead of the pooram slated for april 21 security will be enhanced this time food electricity drinking water and firstaid will be available for thousands of people who attend the festival police will be posted round the clock m madhavan kutty thiruvambady devaswom president said adding that those handling the pyrotechnics will be given identity cards and uniforms meanwhile district collector p m francis has directed the festival coordinators to exclude elephants without fitness certificate from the pooram the collector issued the directive after an elephant unnipilly kalidasan ran amok during the upacharam chollipiriyal bidding farewell a ritual on the second day of the pooram in 2012 as many as 62 persons were injured in the incident it has been reported that kalidasan lacked the fitness certificate madhavan kutty said only elephants with fitness certificates would be paraded this time incidentally a magisteriallevel inquiry was ordered into last years incident involving kalidasan but no report has been submitted so far