Dehradun police have drafted a traffic plan in view of BJP national president Amit Shah’s two-day Dehradun visit starting on Tuesday. Police have made elaborate security arrangements regarding the same too.
State additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ashok Kumar said on Monday that security has been beefed up with deployment of additional police forces at the programme venues and also at the strategic locations.
“Adequate police forces have been brought from other districts to Dehradun in view of Shah’s two-day visit of the Dehradun. Necessary instructions have been given to the district police officers to tighten the security,” he said.
He further said that traffic would be diverted in the city during the VVIP’s movement.
“Traffic police have been deputed at the crossings to resolve the traffic congestions. In view of large number of BJP supporters and workers being expected to attend the programmes, traffic routes have been diverted to ease the traffic congestion,” he added.
A Dehradun-based traffic police officer said that no heavy vehicle would be allowed to move on the VVIP routes. “Vehicles would be diverted towards Bojgpur, Ranipokhri. Vehicles coming from Haridwar will be stopped at lalpattar after 7 am on Tuesday.
Vehicles going towards Dehradun from Haridwar will be stopped 500 metres away from Bhaniyawala.
The movement of vehicles will be allowed after VVIPs’ vehicles passes.
Until VVIP vehicles pass, vehicles going Dehradun from Haridwar will be diverted and will pass through Dudhli after Doiwala. All the autos and vikrams plying on various routes like Raipur, Dharampur, ISBT and Survey Chowk will be stopped for a while when the VVIP passes through these routes till they Madhuvan.
In case of heavy traffic, vehicles coming from Rajpur and Mussoorie diversion will be diverted towards Indarbaba road and Canal Road. Vehicles coming from Prince Chowk and CMI will be diverted towards Race Course and Police lines.
Vehicles coming from Sruve Chowk will be diverted towards Balbeer Road towards Fawara Chowk. Vehicles coming from Dharmapur and T junction will be diverted towards Police lines. Vehicular movement from Bahal Chowk to Beni Bazar will be stopped as Survey Chowk has been declared as zero zone.
All the vehicles going towards Rishikesh and Haridwar from Dehradun ISBT will be diverted towards Kargi Chowk to Dudhali. Vehicles going towards Rishikesh and Haridwar will be diverted towards Thano,” added the Dehradun traffic police officer.