Taking note of the increasing accident cases, Garhwal IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal has directed the district police heads to identify the accident- prone areas and take necessary steps to check them. Gunjyal presided over a meeting with the range district police heads and gave them necessary instructions to check accidents and crimes in their districts.
The meeting revealed that cases of loot and vehicle theft have increased in range districts over the past few months. The police officers were directed to take measures to solve the registered cases apart from initiating preventive measures in their districts. With the Republic Day celebration in the offing, the police officers were directed to intensify patrolling at important places in their districts. The police officers were also directed to conduct vehicle checking drives from time to time apart from launching drives to stop drunk driving and helmetless / triple two-wheeler riding. Action should be taken against traffic violators under Motor Vehicle Act in their districts.
The police officers should take measures to solve mysteries around unidentified bodies. They can advertise through print and electronic media asking for information on such unclaimed bodies. In view of rise in dacoity cases in Haridwar and Dehradun districts, the police officers were directed to arest the criminals and to ensure full recovery of stolen items. The police officers were asked to work sensitively for the recovery of missing children under ‘Operation Smile’ in their districts. One- month-long Operation Smile was launched on January 1.
The police heads from Dehradun, Haridwar, Chamoli, Tehri, Rudraprayag, Pauri and Uttarakahs were pesent at the meeting. Meanwhile, Nukkar Natak was staged at Gandhi Park in the city to mark the final day of the Road Safety Week on Saturday to mark the last day of the Road Safety Week. A rally was later carried out in the city by police officers, policemen and school students , the focus of which was to exhort the people to abide by the traffic rules.