Guwahati: Though a number of precautionary measures have been put in place across Assam ahead of the publication of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on August 31, state police have categorically stated that it is not anticipating any NRC-related violence.Director general of police Kuladhar Saikia told The Wire, “We have taken various steps as routine measures but Assam will be peaceful. There will be no violent incident due to publication of the NRC tomorrow.”He continued, “Even though over 40 lakh people didn’t find their name in the final draft NRC in July 2018, there was no untoward incident. People maintained calm. So this time too, it will be the same.”Sources in the state intelligence bureau too said there were no inputs about any possible violence due to the publication of the NRC.On Thursday, the state police issued a public appeal through social media platforms asking people not to believe rumours and gave out toll free NRC helpline numbers, separate for members of the public calling from Assam and from outside the state.Also read: Why Is BJP Changing Tack on NRC in Assam?As a preventive measure, prohibitory orders have, however, been issued since August 29 evening in some “vulnerable areas” of the state capital, Guwahati, including in the administrative zone of Dispur. These orders, issued under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, prohibit the assembly of more than five persons at a place and holding demonstrations, processions, rallies, etc. Police officials told PTI that this had been done to prevent “some specified and unspecified persons, groups, organisations, or associations” from disturbing public order.Some district police stations have also conducted “foot patrolling, route marches and area domination patrols” as public confidence building measures, besides holding citizens committee meetings in different district headquarters. Reports said police is also keeping “a close watch” on social media to ensure that no rumours triggered law and order situations.The state administration has also given out information about NRC and the measures to be taken by applicants if they don’t find their names in the list tomorrow through the TV media and the All India Radio. An official at the state home and political department said, “The chief minister, who is in charge of the department, held a meeting on the law and order situation of the state eight days before the publication of the NRC with the superintendents of police and deputy commissioners of all 33 districts. Instructions were given to them to ensure that peace is maintained and misunderstanding among people about the NRC was to be removed. They were told to increase citizen contact in all the areas under their jurisdiction and explain to the public the measures to be taken if their names don’t feature in it. Not finding one’s names in the NRC doesn’t automatically make a person foreigner.”Watch: What Is The NRC And Why Is It Being Published?Meanwhile, the Union home ministry has dispatched 55 companies of paramilitary forces to the state, keeping in mind the publication of the NRC. They were withdrawn from the state to send to Jammu and Kashmir recently.Updating the NRC of 1951 was taken up in the state since 2015 as per the exclusive citizenship cut-off date of March 24, 1971 set for Assam as per the Assam Accord of 1985. Many deadlines have been missed since. The Supreme Court is monitoring the update. In line with a court order, the final draft was published in July 2018. As many as 40,07,007 persons were left out of it, leading to a controversy as this could lead to these people losing their citizenship. About 36 lakh people have reapplied, and their fate will be known when the final NRC is published on August 31.