Tight security has been beefed up across the State in view of the nomination process for the lok Sabha election- 2014 slated to begin from Saturday, said State Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Ram Singh Meena while talking to The Pioneer on Friday.
Instructions have been issued to the district police heads to deploy additional forces including PAC jawans for the nomination process, he added.
Meena said that as per the Election Commission of India’s guidelines, adequate police force will be deployed at each polling centre in the state. So far, out of 10, 062 polling stations, 461 have been identified as ultra sensitive and 732 as sensitive in the state.
He said that around 76 check posts have been identified along the inter state borders including 10 in Dehradun, 46 Udhamsinghnagar, 18 in Haridwar and two in Pauri and district police heads have been directed to beef up security there apart from intensifying patrolling in the area.
The district police officers of neighbouring States have been requested to maintain peace on their side of the inter-state border, he added.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (PHQ) SK Shukla said that to prevent any untoward incident during lok Sabha elections in the state, instructions have been issued for district police heads to initiate steps including launching vehicle checking drive, anti liquor drives, setting up barricades at inter-state border areas, problem areas and other important places; deployment of additional force at sensitive places and intensifying police patrolling.