Keeping in view the upcoming New Year celebrations and the ongoing Mussoorie Winterline Carnival, security has been beefed up. Moreover, with the possibility of tourists thronging around various tourist destinations in places like Dehradun and Nainital, police are taking no chances. Drunk driving will not be allowed and violators would invite stringent punishment. Apart from this, police would keep round-the-clock vigil to stop any person from violating the laws on the roads or while partying in hotels or restaurants during the New Year celebration, said State Additional Director-General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena on Friday.
Meena said that the district police heads have been directed to deploy additional forces at the tourist spots to ensure glitch-free celebrations. The police officers have been alerted over vehicles having tinted glasses. Overloading and random parking would not be allowed. Besides, action would be taken according to the law against persons moving around without donning helmets. Cars, devoid of number plates would be booked. We would brook no instance of persons taking liberty with the traffic rules during the time of the celebrations, he affirmed, adding relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act would be applied against the violators.
An instruction has been issued to all the district police to intensify patrolling by Cheetah and also by local police at important places, including inter-State bus terminal, railway station and some others. The police officers must be on their toes and stamp out even a hint of law violation in their jurisdictional areas.The police officers have been directed to ensure that the hotel owners accommodate only those who submit photo copies of identity proof. Besides, they are supposed to keep detailed records of their employees.Moreover, an order has been issued to the police officers to be vigilant over New Year Eve parties in the hotels and ensure that such parties are held after no- objection certificate is obtained from the local police station.
To maintain order, the local Intelligence Union (lIU) staff have been directed to conduct recce of commercial establishments, including hotel and also the picnic spots and other places that draw tourists. The district police heads have been directed to deploy traffic police equipped with alcometers at different intersections on the roads leading to the tourist destinations in their districts. They should be directed to impose challan under the Motor Vehicle Act on the traffic violators. Police officers have been also directed to set up barricades at important places to check crimes and to resolve traffic jams, if needed, he added.