Security in the State capital has been stepped up with the deployment of forces in view of Indian Military Academy Passing out Parade (POP) on Saturday. District police has drafted a traffic plan regarding the same. IMA officials announced that the reviewing officer for the POP on Saturday would be General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, chief of the Army staff, Bangladesh National Army.
Senior superintendent of police Nivedita Kukreti said that elaborate security arrangements have been made in the State capital and police station officers have been directed to intensify patrolling and conduct combing operation around IMA area. Suspects moving around the area should be frisked, she said, adding additional police forces have been deployed at IMA area. SP Traffic DS Gunjyal said that a traffic plan has been drafted in view of POP at IMA.
During IMA POP, no vehicle would be allowed to ply towards IMA from any direction as this area has been declared as zero- zone. All the heavy vehicles would be diverted between 5 am and 12 pm on Saturday.
The route of vehicles coming from Ballupur would be diverted at Raganwala barrier, IMA while all the vehicles would move towards Meethiberi and Premnagar.
All the vehicles going towards Premnagar from the city would be diverted at IMA MT section gate and would move towards Ranganwala barrier and Ballupur Panditwari. Heavy vehicles coming towards Vikasnagar for Dehradun would follow the routes as Harbertpur Chowk, Dhamawala Chowk and Shimla Bypass. Heavy vehicles going to Vikasnagar, Harbertpur and Delhi would be diverted at Shimla Bypass and would move to Vikasnagar and Dhamawala.
Vehicles going towards Vikasnagar from the city would follow the route as Ballupur to Balliwala, GMS Road, Kamla Palace, Shimla Bypass and Vikasnagar. The people have been asked to follow the drafted traffic plan to avoid inconvenience during the parade, Gunjyal added.