With the increasing number of VVIP and VIP movement through the solitary airport of the State, Jolly Grant Airport, the State Government has directed the police department to establish police post outside the Airport to strengthen security.
The instruction has been issued to the police department to deploy adequate number of police personnel outside each entry gate of the airport.
State Director General of Police BS Sidhu on Thursday said that in order to strengthen the security outside the Jolly Grant Airport, a post will be established there.
The Dehradun police have sent a proposal for creation of posts for establishing police post. The police department would have required around 100 policemen to establish police post and deploy police at each gate, outside the airport. Such proposal will be forwarded to the state government, he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that the security of Jolly Grant Airport in Uttarakhand is being managed by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Then DGP of Utatrakhand, Subhash Joshi had handed over the security of the airport to CISF. CISF force has been equipped with modern facilities to keep vigil of the entire area of the airport, it is learnt.