Dehradun police have made elaborate security arrangements for Vice- President M Venkaiah Naidu’s programme at FRI auditorium in Dehradun on Wednesday. A senior police officer said that security has been spruced up with the deployment of additional police forces at important places and strategic locations like Jolly Grant airport and GTC helipad aside the venues of the programmes VP would attend. Police sources said that Naidu would arrive at the Jolly Grant airport at around 8.30 am on Wednesday and from there he would fly to GTC helipad on an IAF chopper. He would reach programme venue at around 10.30 am. On the way back, he would reach GTC helipad Dehradun at around 1 pm from where he would go to Jolly Grant from where he would fly for Delhi by IAF special aircraft.
Dehradun senor superintendent of police (SSP) Nivedita Kukreti said that all necessary arrangements have been made ahead of the Vice -President’s visit. “Police briefing was held at police lines on Monday and the officers and the personnel were given necessary instructions to keep things in order. They were directed to reach the assigned spots three hours before the scheduled time and inspect the areas thoroughly,” she said.
In case of any emergency, traffic plan has already been drafted and several routes have been changed to spare the common people inconveniences. When the fleet of VVIPs would depart from Jolly Grant, the movement of the vehicles from Bhaniyawala to Jolly Grant would be stopped. The heavy vehicles would be diverted towards Haridwar. Vehicles going from Rishikesh to Jolly Grant would be stopped at 500 metres away from Jolly Grant crossing 20 minutes before the VVIP movement.
“Additional police forces, including sufficient numbers of SPs, additional SPs and deputy SPs, inspectors and sub-inspectors, head constables and constables and PAC personnel, have been deputed on VVIP duty. Apart from this, a bomb disposal squad, jammer and a dog squad have also been deployed by way of security arrangements at the event venues and strategic locations across the city,” SSP informed.
“The district police are leaving no stone unturned to ensure fool-proof security for the Vice- President and all possible measures have been taken to ensure that the events pas off without a glitch,” SSP added.
Barricades have been erected at various places in the city while CCTVs are being used to monitor the traffic movement and activities at major intersections of the city. The vehicles entering the city are also being checked, SSP said, adding that traffic would be diverted on several roads during the Vice President’s visit in the city.