State additional Director General of police (law and order) Ashok Kumar said that elaborate security arrangements have been put into place in view of the Prime Minister’s two-day Uttarakhand from October 26.
He is scheduled to address the trainee IASs at lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA) in Mussoorie. A police briefing was held in Dehradun on Tuesday to spruce up security for the forthcoming high-profile visit.
He said that the security cover for the high-profile visit would comprise 12 SPs/additional SPs, 22 additional SPs/deputy SPs, 25 inspectors/sub-inspectors, 130 sub-inspectors, five women sub-inspectors, 58 head constables, 582 constables, 41 women constables, eight traffic sub-inspectors, 10 traffic head constables, 33 traffic constables, nine armed head constables, 54 armed constables, eight company and one section PAC jawans, four units of fire services, two tear gas and 24 quick response teams.
The police personnel to be deployed on duty must reach at their assigned duty places three hours before the programme is scheduled to start, he said. He said that the nodal officers were directed to check duty cards of their sub-ordinates who are in uniform or plain dress and brief them about their duties and other instructions.
In-charge officer at Jolly Grant has been directed to conduct stringent combing operation around the area. Barricades would be installed in the areas where traffic jams happen regularly, Kumar said and added that vehicle checking drives would be launched to stop unwanted elements from getting into the State.
During the police briefing, IG AP Anshuman and DIG Pushpak Jyoti were present while the administration was represented by Dehrdun district magistrate SA Murugesan.