| The diamond industry leaders in Surat are gearing up to curb the occurrence of robberies and loot in the diamond industry during the Diwali season.
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| A meeting of leading diamond merchants and the police department was held on Monday evening to chalk out a strategy for the purpose.
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| Giving details to Business Standard, leading diamond exporter Pravin Nanavati, said, "The volume of business goes up in the pre-Diwali season, but this is also the period when the diamond industry witnesses the maximum number of cases of loot and robberies.”
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| Some days back days back, diamonds worth over Rs 8 lakh were looted from a firm at Mahidharpura.
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| Diamond merchants lose lakhs of rupees on account of these crimes, he claimed.
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| A meeting on the issue was convened by the commissioner of police, Sudhir Sinha, to prepare a strategy to curb the crimes in the industry during Diwali.
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| As most incidents took place late in the evening, the police suggested all financial dealings, including delivery and receipt of diamonds and cash, be stopped after dark, he said.
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| The police suggested that separate barriers be installed outside diamond firms, which could be locked at all times, and that armed security guards accompany all diamond deliverymen.
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| Other suggestions made by the police included installing CCTV cameras in diamond units and offices and keeping an eye on suspicious elements to prevent occurrence of crimes, he added.
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| From their side, the police assured patrolling would be intensified in the diamond market during the festival season.
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| Additional policemen would be deployed in the police outposts in the diamond areas.
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| Policemen in civil dress would make rounds of diamond markets to prevent occurrence of theft.
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| The owners of courier firms, who deliver rough diamonds to factories, promised to take additional precautions to thwart theft attempts.
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| Chandrakant Sanghvi, the regional convenor of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said the suggestions were useful and the industry clearly had to become more alert.
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| "While the police and the administration are always there to help, it is the responsibility of each and every person connected with the industry to remain alert", he said.
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| People would have to take additional precautions to curb theft or robberies.
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| Alertness on both sides would bring down crimes, Sanghvi claimed. |
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