Elaborate security arrangements have been made ahead of the Budget Session of Vidhan Sabha, scheduled to begin from Wednesday, said Dehradun district magistrate Ravinath Raman on Tuesday. Security has been beefed up with the deployment of additional forces inside and outside Vidhan Sabha campus. All arrangements related to Vidhan Sabha session have been completed and the officers concerned have been directed to complete their assigned duties effectively, he added.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Pushpak Jyoti said to keep order police have installed barricades at many junctions across the city. Policemen in adequate numbers will be deployed on Wednesday. Adequate police forces will be deployed keeping in view the possibility of organisations or political parties taking out rallies up to Vidhan Sabha during the session.
However, it has been decided that the agitators will be prevented outside Rispana Bridge. An instruction has been issued to the police officers and policemen to strictly deal with violators of laws, he added. In order to strengthen the security during Vidhan Sabha session, SSP Jyoti held a police briefing at Police line on Tuesday and directed necessary instructions to the police personnel. The police personnel were directed to be vigilant at their assigned places. Negligence on duty by the police personnel would not be tolerated, he warned.
SP City Ajay Singh said that a total of three additional SPs, seven deputy SPs, 22 inspectors and police station in-charge, 38 sub- inspectors, seven head constables, 170 constables, 47 lady constables and five companies of PAC jawans have been deployed inside and outside Vidhan Sabha to strengthen security, he added.
Adequate police forces will be deployed at Vidhan Sabha main gate and policemen have been directed to ensure that those having valid entry passes are allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha campus. To avoid inconvenience, barricading has been put up at many places in the city where policemen in adequate numbers will be deployed, he added.