A debriefing was held for police, departmental and district administration officials at police line ahead of the planned visit of president Pranab Mukherjee to Dehradun slated for Monday.
Various issues pertaining to the responsibilities of police, district administration and departmental officials concerned were discussed along with the issues observed in the rehearsal of the presidential fleet’s movement in the provisional State capital on Sunday.
The additional director general of police, Ram Singh Meena said immediate cognisance should be taken of instructions issues regarding the various new aspects which emerged during the rehearsal on Sunday. According to the protocol, all the security personnel will be present at their designated site of duty at the said time.
He directed officials to ensure that no vehicle or any other type of article is present on the route taken by the motorcade of the president. Considering the forecast for rain on the day, the security and other personnel on duty should carry raincoats and umbrellas while also ensuring that no unknown person is allowed to entre the route during the ‘VIP’ movement on road.
Speaking at the debriefing, the Garhwal commissioner Vinod Sharma directed officials of the district administration to order an immediate halt on any type of construction activity being carried out along the route to be taken by the motorcade of the president. The required level of civic sanitation should also be ensured on the entire route, he stressed.
The Dehradun senior superintendent of police, Nivedita Kukreti said that security personnel should inform about reaching their post three hours prior to the actual time of duty.
During their duty, they should discharge their responsibility maintaining coordination with officers in their vicinity and their seniors, added the SSP. Officers of the police and district administration were also among those present in the debriefing.