Dehradun: CM Dhami reviewed traffic management, tourist facilities, and law and order at the Secretariat on the occasion of New Year 2026. The CM instructed that special attention be paid to traffic management in the state until January 5, 2026. Along with maintaining better law and order in the state, it should be ensured that tourists and visitors do not face any inconvenience. Regular night patrolling should be conducted by the police. Senior police officers should also conduct on-the-spot inspections of various areas from time to time to strengthen law and order and traffic management arrangements. Strict action should be taken against those who tamper with law and order in the state. These instructions were given by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to officials during a meeting at the Secretariat to review traffic management, tourist facilities, and law and order on the occasion of New Year 2026.
The Chief Minister gave clear instructions to the officials in the meeting that law and order in the state should be maintained effectively. He said that those who commit criminal acts in Devbhoomi Uttarakhand will not be spared. The Chief Minister also instructed that adequate security arrangements be made at major tourist destinations, high-traffic areas, and crowded places in the state. On the occasion of the New Year, instructions have been given to ensure proper traffic management, basic amenities, and parking arrangements in all districts, along with special monitoring of uncontrolled vehicle movement and drunk driving, and adequate security arrangements around liquor shops. The Chief Minister instructed the officials to take full care of the safety, convenience, and hospitality of all tourists visiting Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. It should also be ensured that the general public and tourists are not unnecessarily harassed in the name of checking.
The Chief Minister said that encroachments on roads in Dehradun should be removed strictly. The district administration, municipal corporation, police, transport department, and MDDA should form a task force to continuously remove encroachments from the roads. In other districts where encroachment on roads is a problem, continuous action should be taken. He instructed that fire safety and other necessary arrangements should also be checked in hotels and resorts in crowded areas. It should be ensured that in case of any incident, the police reach the spot within 5 minutes.
The Chief Minister instructed that all arrangements should be kept smooth in view of the winter travel season. Adequate arrangements should be ensured for information centers for the convenience of tourists. Keeping in mind public amenities, sufficient arrangements should be made for street lights and bonfires during the winter season. The Chief Minister also instructed that special attention should be paid to sanitation in the state and a campaign should be launched for plastic-free areas, adding that cooperation should be sought from social, political, and religious organizations, as well as the general public, in this campaign.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chairman of the Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Anand Vardhan, DGP Deepam Seth, Principal Secretary R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Secretary Shailesh Bagoli, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Garhwal Commissioner and Secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey, Secretary Dhiraj Garbyal, Additional Director General of Police V. Murugesan, IG Garhwal Rajiv Swaroop, District Magistrate Dehradun Savin Bansal, other senior officers of the government and police, and virtually by IG Kumaon Mrs. Riddhim Agarwal, all District Magistrates, Senior Superintendents of Police and Superintendents of Police.
