Security has been beefed up in the State capital ahead of President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) and Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun on Monday.
A mock drill was held on Sunday to check the security preparedness. The President is coming here to attend the convocation ceremony of the UPES and inaugurate a laboratory at IIP. The President will be accompanied by the Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi and Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at the events.
Dehradun SP Jagdish Chandra said that all necessary arrangements have been made ahead of President’s visit. Six Superintendents of Police, seven additional SPs, 20 deputy SPs, 172 inspectors and sub-inspectors, 1178 head constables and constables and 11 companies of the PAC. Apart from that a bomb disposal squad have also been deployed for security arrangements at the event venues and strategic locations across the city.
“The district police will leave no stone unturned in the security of the President and all possible measures have been taken to ensure smooth organisation of events,” he added. Dehradun SP Chandra said that barricades have been erected at various places in the city while CCTVs are being used to monitor the traffic movement and activities at major intersections of the city. The vehicles entering the city are also being checked.
He further said that traffic will be diverted on several roads during the President’s visit. Vehicles coming from Herbertpur towards Dehradun will be diverted from Jhajhra to ISBT and those moving towards Vikasnagar will be diverted from the Shimla bypass road. Vehicles going towards Haridwar will be diverted through Dhudli, Mothrowala, for Doiwala.