Gwalior temple truck crash: CSP removed, eight police suspended, inquiry ordered

Prelims pointers

• Seventh Schedule, List II (State List): entry 1 is 'Public order' and entry 2 is 'Police (including railway and village police)', subject to entry 2A of the Union List.
• Disaster management has no Seventh Schedule entry of its own; NDMA's compendium of laws relates the 2005 Act to Concurrent List entry 23, social security and social insurance.
• PMNRF: chaired by the Prime Minister, not constituted by Parliament, receives no budgetary support and refuses contributions from government budgets or public sector balance sheets.
• NDMA's 2014 crowd guide cites sections 24 and 34 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 as powers to restrict vehicular and human traffic to and from vulnerable and affected areas.
• Police Act, 1861, as NDMA's guide lists it: section 30 lets police regulate and license public assemblies and processions; section 31 makes keeping order on public roads a police duty.
• NDMA guide on vehicle roadblocks: large, heavy objects covering the full width of the road, footpath included, with every barrier visible and lit for night gatherings.
• NDMA guide on roads near a venue: one-way movement on narrow roads without a divider, a separate route for VIPs, and no unnecessary shops or illegal structures on roads.
• Incident Response System, per NDMA's guidelines: folds independent agencies into one planning and command structure while each keeps its independence, and draws in community resources.