Security has been beefed up in the State capital ahead of Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
Intelligence agencies, including IB and local intelligence unit (lIU), have been placed on high alert. Dehradun SSP Kewal Khurana said that all possible measures have been taken for security of the foreign dignitaries.
Adequate police force has been deployed around the venues and at strategic locations in the state capital.
A mock drill was held on Tuesday to check the security preparedness at IMA, FRI, Doon School and other places in the city.
Khurana said that as per schedule, the foreign dignitaries will visit the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Forest Research Institute (FRI), Doon School and other places on Thursday by road.
Adequate police force including seven SP/ASPs, 12 deputy SPs, 24 inspectors, 148 sub-inspectors, 89 head constables, 664 constables, 48 female constables, 10 companies of PAC, 51 armed police, bomb disposal squad, dog squad, five fire tenders and others have been deployed for the security of the dignitaries at the event venues and strategic locations. Traffic diversions have been drafted in such a way that road users would face minor inconvenience during fleet movement of the foreign dignitaries in the city.
The police officers have been strictly directed to execute their duty with responsibility and honesty and ensure that there should not be any type of negligence while executing duty during visit of foreign dignitaries.
Dehradun SP City Jagdish Chandra said adequate police force has been deployed at crossings and vehicles entering the city are being checked.
Traffic police in adequate number will be deployed at crossings during fleet movement of the foreign dignitaries.