The administrative authorities have been directed to beef up security inside and around Vidhan Sabha areas in view of the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha session, scheduled to begin on March 11. Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal presided over a meeting with the administrative officers on Monday. He gave them necessary instructions to complete arrangements before the beginning of Vidhan Sabha session.
Speaker Kunjwal has directed the administrative officers to deploy armed police forces at watch towers, entry and exit gates. Security personnel who have been deputed for the security of MlAs and Ministers will be available outside the Vidhan Sabha gate. He directed the director general (Health) to depute medical teams in the Vidhan Sabha during the session apart from ensuring availability of medicines adequately.
Ten beds at Doon Hospital and five beds in Coronation Hospital should be prepared, he added. It was decided that the vehicles of Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Chief Minister, leader of Opposition, Ministers, Deputy Speaker and MlAs will be parked inside the Vidhan Sabha premises during the session. The vehicles of senior officers will come in the Vidhan Sabha campus, though it will be parked outside the premises.
An arrangement of public address system should be made for the vehicle drivers by police officers during the session, the Speaker said. In case the session continues into late night an arrangement should be made for changing security personnel on duty in the Assembly. Among those present on the occasion were Vidhan Sabha secretary Jagdish Chandra, Secretary PS Jangpangi, secretary D S Gabriyal, ADGP (law and order) Anil Kumar Raturi, ADGP (intelligence) Ashok Kumar, DG (information) Chandresh Kumar, IG/DIG Sanjay Gunjyal, DM Ravinath Raman, DIG/SSP Pushpak Jyoti and officers of other departments including health, power, PWD, Peyjal.