The district police seem to have failed in preventing the Kanwadias from reaching Mussoorie inspite of imposing a ban on their entry in Mussoorie. In past years, Kanwadias were allowed to visit Mussoorie but some of them ended up creating nuisance causing law and order problems in Mussoorie and en route to this hill station.
To hide their identity, most of the young Kanwadias put on casual dress to reach Mussoorie instead of the ochre coloured clothes generally worn by Kanwadias. This is making it hard for the police to identify them. Though police claim to have taken several measures for preventing them from reaching Mussoorie, they reach Mussoorie anyway.
In Jogiwala area, several kanwadias can easily be seen travelling through the Raipur ring road and then Sahastradhara Road route to reach Mussoorie. Police who have been posted on various roads in the city for restricting the movements of kanwadias seem to be negligent on their duty. In Doiwala, kanwadias were witnessed carrying sticks with saffron colour flag coming towards Mussoorie from Haridwar.
Some kanwadias were seen removing the ochre coloured clothes and wearing casual dress before advancing towards Mussoorie. A sub-inspector of Doiwala police station said that it is very difficult to identify the genuine kanwadias because all of them generally carry saffron coloured flags.
Mussoorie CO Jaya Baloni said that police have been strictly directed to prevent kanwadias from entering Mussoorie. Police force has been deployed at various points on the roads leading to Mussoorie including Kuthal Gate and Kolhukhet to prevent kanwadias from reaching Mussoorie. The persons on vehicles with registration numbers of Haryana, Punjab and other States are prevented from entering Mussoorie if they fail to answer the police satisfactorily, she added.