SRINAGAR: Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Dilbag Singh Thursday visited Armed Police Complex (APC) Zewan to take stock of the forthcoming Independence Day parade preparation.
He also visited different places of district Srinagar to review on ground security and deployment of personnel within the capital city. In the forenoon, the DGP accompanied by DIG Central Kashmir Range Amit Kumar took stock of preparation for the Independence Day Parade at APC Zewan. He inspected the full rehearsal of the parade in which contingents of BSF, CRPF, ITBP, JKAP, IRP, J&K Ladies Police, District Police Srinagar, Fire & Emergency Services, UTDRF and Forest Protection Force are participating on the tunes of Band contingents of the BSF, CRPF and J&K Police.
The DGP while interacting with the parade contingent commanders, nodal officers from JKAP/IRP Battalions and other forces directed that the Independence Day Parade should be appealing. He directed that all the participants of the parade and other support staff should prepare for the event with full energy and enthusiasm. He directed the officers that during preparations and rehearsals of Parade there should be no compromise on the COVID-19 protocols. CO JKAP 9th Battalion Manzoor Ahmad Dalal, CO JKAP 12th Battalion Sanjay Singh Rana, Deputy CO JKAP 12th Battalion Fayaz Ahmad and other gazetted officers of police and other security forces were present during the visit.
The DGP also took a round of the area near the Parade ground and directed the officers to prepare plans for renovation of family quarters and the infrastructure on the campus. He directed the officers to take keen interest in organising fitness and sporting programmes to enhance the fitness levels of officers and personnel. Later, the DGP J&K accompanied by DIG CKR Amit Kumar and SSP Srinagar Sandeep Choudhary visited different places of the Srinagar city and took stock of ground security measures and deployment of forces in the capital city. In the afternoon, Dilbag Singh chaired meeting of senior officers from Police, CRPF and BSF to review the overall security scenario of the valley.
The meeting was attended by Special DG CID, J&K R R Swain, Special DG CRPF J&K Sanjay Arora, IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar, IG BSF Kashmir Rajesh Mishra, IG CRPF (Ops) Kashmir Charu Sinha, DIG CKR Amit Kumar, SSP Srinagar Sandeep Choudhary and other officers.
