In view of the Himalayan Conclave scheduled to be attended on Sunday by Union Finance minister and chief ministers of various Himalayan states among others, a police briefing was conducted by the Garhwal Inspector General (IG) Ajay Rautela on Friday. He said that strict action will be taken against any officer or personnel found to be careless on duty. The personnel on duty have been barred from using mobile phones unless in an emergency situation.
During the briefing, IG Rautela said that the routes of VVIP and VIP fleets should be cleared beforehand. For the places which can get crowded or can have traffic related problems he directed that ropes, caution tape and barricades shall be used to regulate the traffic. Only those with valid passes will be permitted at the programme venue. The police personnel on duty will also be keeping an eye on those who are scheduled to meet VVIPs and VIPs. All the tall buildings will be checked with dog squads and police personnel will be deployed there. Also, in charge officer of Dehradun airport and the programme venue have been asked to check every suspicious activity in and around these locations.
He directed all the nodal officers to check the identification cards and verify the police personnel on duty both in civil dress and uniform. It was also stated in the meeting that as per the route diversion plan, entry of all heavy vehicles will be banned during the VIP movement. Most of the fleet will be going directly from Sahastradhara helipad to the venue via Old Mussoorie Road or from Dehradun airport to the venue via Ring Road. Vehicles will not be operated towards SDRF T-junction from old airport terminal T-junction. Traffic going from Chhe Number Puliya to Maharana Pratap Chowk will be diverted and no vehicle will be sent towards Chhe Number Puliya from Ladpur T-junction.