Elaborate security arrangements have been made in three districts - Rudraprayag, Dehradun and Haridwar - President Pranab Mukherjee would visit during his four-day Uttarakhand tour starting on September 27.
Additional police forces, including a police officer of the rank of SSP, will be deployed at the places where the President would stay during his visit. Police offices of the district concerned have been directed to conduct verification drives in the areas the President would stay.
The President would arrive in Derhadun on September 27 and would stay at Aashiyana. From here, he would go to Kednarnath on September 28. The President would reach Haridwar on September 29 and would see the Ganga Arti in the evening.
From Haridwar, he would return to Dehradun by road the same evening. He would return to Delhi on September 30.
Informing this, state DGP MA Ganapathy said on Monday that they are leaving nothing to chance as far as the President’s visit is concerned.
DIG (law and order) Pushpak Jyoti said that the police officers, working in the three districts, have been directed to conduct verification drives in the areas the President would stay.
Jyoti further said that all possible security arrangements have been made in Kedarnath, Rajbhawan and Har-ki-Pauri aside from Aashiyana in Dehradun where he would spend first night while in Dehradun during this visit to ensure fool-proof security.
Along with senior police officers, the district police have drafted a security plan according to which police personnel would be deployed in the three districts. Intelligence staffs are also on their toes, he added.
It is learnt that adequate numbers of SSPs/SPs, assistant/additional SPs, circle officers, police station in-charges, inspectors/sub-inspectors, six women sub-inspectors and equal number of women head constables, PAC jawans and three fire units have been deputed for VVIP’s duty.