The district administration and police have put up an elaborate plan in place for the proposed Assembly march of BJP workers on March 14. As a security measure the police are planning to seal the area around the State Assembly completely.
On Sunday the proposed March the police Bandobast was evident in the area as heavy deployment of coulums of state police, reserve police, mounted police and Rapid Action Force were visible.
The commuters on the city road would be worst affected by the traffic management put in place. The heavy vehicles entering the city from Haridwar and Rishikesh would be asked to ply from Doodhli via Doiwala. Similarly all heavy vehicles going to Doiwala from Dehradun would be diverted on Doodhli route via Kargi chowk.
The light vehicles coming from Rishikesh, Haridwar to Dehradun/Mussoorie would be asked to ply on Ring road from Jogiwala. The vehicles intending to head towards ISBT, Vikasnagar and Saharanpur would be diverted to narrow Jogiwala, Badripur, Kanzi house, Bypass chowki road to ISBT. The city buses on Jollygrant, MDDA Kedarpuram route would ply on Kedarpuram, Kargi, Matawala Bagh , Prince Chowk to Parade ground. The Vikrams plying on route number 03 would ply via Nehru colony road to Dharampur while Vikrams on Doiwala route (number 04 ) would be allowed to ply till Jogiwala only.
The police have clarified that vehicles on the inner routes of the city would not be affected. The traffic would be diverted on Dharamopur chowk, police line and racecourse route when the procession is on the Dharampur- Aaraghar road at the same time traffic of Prince Chowk, EC road would be diverted to Fountain Chowk, Pulia no 06 during this time.
In an appeal to the residents of the city the police have asked that they should stick to the traffic plan and ply on alternate routes to avoid traffic snarls.