In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Uttarakhand visit slated on September 11, the senior police and administrative officers of the State have inspected various places in Rishikesh and Muni-Ki-Reti (Tehri) where Swami Dayanand Saraswathi Ashram is located on Wednesday. Modi would reach the Ashram to meet the ailing Swami who is thought to be the PM’s spiritual mentor.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view of Prime Minister’s scheduled visit to Uttarakhand on Friday.
State Additional DGP (law and order) Anil Kumar Raturi, ADGP intelligence Ashok Kumar, Garhwal Commissioner CS Napalchyal, Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal, DIG/SSP Pushpak Jyoti, DM Ravinath Raman, SP Tehri Mukhtar Mohsin, SP Puri Ajay Joshi, Dehradun SP Rural GC Dhyani, CO Narendra Nagar, CO Pauri, Dehradun and other administrative officers reached Dayanand Ashram to take stock of security.
The administrative officers concerned have been directed to install CCTV cameras at various places in the Ashram and the road routes from helipad to the Ashram.
Helipad has been made at two places - Purnanand Inter College and IDPl. It would be decided later where the PM’s chopper would land.
Dog squad and bomb disposal squad have been deployed at the Ashram. Besides, SPG personnel are camping in the Ashram. Along with thousands of police personnel, four companies of PAC have been deputed on VIP duty.
Police personnel are conducting combing operation in forest areas in Rishikesh and Tehri since Tuesday.
Police briefing was held on Wednesday. Mock drill will be held on Thursday to check the security preparedness ahead of PM’s visit.
large number of senior police officers, including additional SPs, Deputy SPs, inspectors, station police officers, sub-inspectors, lady sub-inspectors, head constables and constables, has been deputed on VIP duty. Additional forces will be deployed on the routes too.
Dehradun SP Rural Dhyani said that security has been beefed up with the deployment of forces at sensitive places, including check posts, in Rishikesh and on the routes leading to the Ashram at Muni Ki Reti. Intelligence officers have been put on high alert. The barricades have been erected along the routes and CCTVs are being installed.
The vehicles entering Rishikesh and other important locations on the routes are also being checked. If necessary, traffic will be diverted on several roads during PM’s visit, he added.
The police station officers have been directed to intensify patrolling in their jurisdictions. The verification drive has been launched at various places at sensitive locations. Additional barricades have been put at inter-district borders and around the areas sharing boundary with neighbouring states. Vehicle checking drives have been launched at each of the check posts in both Dehradun and Tehri districts.
As per the state government officers, PM would arrive at Saharanpur or Jolly Grant Airport by a special IAF aircraft at noon on Friday and from there, he will reach IDPl helipad, Rishikesh, by a special helicopter from where he would drive straight to the Ashram.
PM would meet the Swami for around 45 minutes. The meeting over, PM would reach IDPl helipad from where he would fly for Saharanpur Airport or Jolly Grant Airport. He would fly back to Delhi by an IAF special aircraft from there.
Dhyani said that all necessary arrangements have been made ahead of PM’s private visit.
Police briefing was held on Wednesday and police officers and police personnel have been given necessary instructions to ensure law and order during PM’s visit. “The district police will leave no stone unturned to keep things in order during PM’s visit,” SP averred.