Adopt people friendly policing while ensuring strict action against miscreants in New Year’s celebrations: DGP

Friday, 30 December 2022 | PNS | DEHRADUN

In view of the arrival of tourists in New Year celebrations across the state, the Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar has directed officials to adopt people-friendly policing while taking strict action against miscreants. He also asked the officials to take appropriate measures to minimise traffic issues in tourist places during the weekend.

Kumar held a meeting with senior police officials of Dehradun, Nainital, Pauri and Tehri on Thursday through video conference to review the arrangements in these districts in view of the New Year’s celebration on the weekend. He also issued orders to the officials concerned to improve the arrangements in their respective areas. He asked them to ensure only those tourists are allowed towards Mussoorie and Nainital who have legitimate hotel bookings.

The DGP also directed the officials to coordinate with one another to prepare a diversion plan on the weekend to control traffic. However, he added that they should focus on making traffic plans according to the convenience of tourists and local people. He directed them to work on providing additional parking spaces in tourist spots. He instructed them to divert the routes accordingly and make a one-way plan while keeping in mind to inform the public in advance in order to prevent any inconvenience to them. He said that if necessary, authorities should use mounted police, CPU and crane units for traffic arrangements. He asked the officials to take stringent action against traffic violations as well as against those creating nuisances in public places during new year’s celebrations.

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Garhwal region, Karan Singh Nagnyal along with officials from traffic police and SDRF were also present in the meeting.