In view of Home Minster Sushilkumar Shinde’s arrival in Uttarakhand to lay the foundation stone of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and BSF battalion campus at Doiwala in Dehradun on Monday,
security has been beefed up in the State capital. Hundreds of policemen have been deployed around the venue and at strategic locations of the city. The vehicles entering the city would have to undergo checking. Dehradun SP City said that three additional Superintendents of Police (ASPs), seven deputy SP, sub-inspectors, lady sub-inspectors, constables, six companies of the PAC and bomb disposal squad team and hundreds of head constables and constables have been provided for security arrangements. Barricading will be done at a few places while CCTVs will be used to monitor the traffic movement and activities at major intersections of the city.
Traffic will also be diverted on few roads for a while. Mussoorie CO Jaya Baloni said that all possible security arrangements have been made to ensure smooth conduct of the event. Policemen would be on duty at various strategic points of the state capital during Home Minister’s visit and policemen with binoculars will be stationed on rooftops around the venue for surveillance. The vehicles entering the city would have to undergo checking. All necessary arrangements have been made as per the prescribed guidelines, she added.