Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal chaired a meeting with the administrative, police and other department officers in the Vidhan Sabha auditorium and directed the officers to strengthen security inside and outside the Vidhan Sabha premises and in the State capital as well in view of forthcoming Vidhan Sabha session slated to begin from November 24.
He said that no one should be allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha premises without having an entry pass duly issued. Secretariat and Vidhan Sabha employees too should not be allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha campus with their vehicles without having entry passes issued. Temporary entry passes which were issued earlier will not be considered valid during the upcoming Vidhan Sabha session.
In the meeting, it was decided that the MlA can approve the name of one visitor regarding entry pass while two names for entry passes can be approved by the Ministers.
One sub- inspector and 15 constables should work under marshal/security officer of Vidhan Sabha. During the session, armed policemen would be deployed at watch towers, entry and exist gates in the Vidhan Sabha premises. Security guards of the Ministers and the MlAs should be kept outside the Vidhan Sabha campus.
Speaker Kunjwal directed the power, peyjal and health departments to deploy their teams during the session. During the session, the parking arrangements for the vehicles of Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Chief Minister, leader of the Opposition, Ministers and MlAs should be made in the premises. Senior officers can come in the Assembly with their vehicles, but their vehicles would be parked outside the campus. Public address system would be used to direct the drivers of the vehicle, he added.
Among those present at the meeting were Vidhan Sabha Secretary Jagdish Chandra, Secretary (Home) Vinod Sharma, Secretary, Secretariat Administration PS Jangpangi, Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena, IG GN Goswami, Director General (Information) Ravinath Raman DIG Garhwal Range Sanjay Gunjyal, Dehradun District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar and other department officers.