Dehradun

Inbrief

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Meet held to improve traffic system

DEHRADUN: In order to improve traffic system in the State capital, Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) BS Sidhu presided over a meeting with representatives of various private schools and directed them make arrangement for parking their school buses, auto, van and parent’s vehicles within school campus. The schools should fix opening and closing time apart from teaching students about traffic rules and regulations, he added.

Raid at mining plot: tractors, dumpers seized

DEHRADUN: In view of increasing cases of illegal mining from riverbeds, Illegal Mining Prevention Vigilance Unit (IMPVU) chief executive officer DIG Sanjay Kumar  Gunjyal led a team that conducted raids at mining plot of Sunil Kumar in Dakpathar Barrage and seized three tractors and seven dumpers from the riverbed area on Wednesday. Gunjyal said that during raids, teams observed illegal mining outside allocated mining plot of Kumar. Action will be taken under Mining Act against the accused, he added.

Three inter-state drug peddlers arrested

DEHRADUN: Acting on tip off, STF Uttarakhand arrested three inter-State drug peddlers from Vasant Vihar on Wednesday. The accused who identified as Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) natives Munawwar Hasan Ansari, Sandeep Kashyap and Sunny have been booked under section 8/20 NDPS Act  in the Vasant Vihar Police Station.