Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 6 : Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Abhinav Kumar held a meeting with concernced officials and discussed issues related to crime, law and order, and traffic management on Wednesday.

According to an official release from Police Headquarters, the meeting was held through video conferencing with Zone and District Incharges, Superintendents of Police, and officials from the STF and Railways.

DGP Abhinav Kumar, while giving instructions to all the District Incharges in this meeting, said that registration of crimes should be done compulsorily and the reasons for the increase and decrease in crime rate should be reviewed at the police station and circle level.
He directed the districts performing below 61 per cent in property recovery to increase the property recovery percentage and said that comparative evaluation of crime-related figures of plain and hill districts should be done separately.
DGP Kumar further issued directions to take effective action against reward criminals and to take action by running an effective campaign to reunite the missing people with their families through 'Operation Smile.'
He said that all the district in-charges should thoroughly study the legal process of the cases registered under BNS in the new laws and make them aware of the problems that arise.
Training will be given to the personnel at the concerned police station level and from the year 2025, the concerned district in-charge will be responsible for supervision.
The DGP directed all the district in-charges to highlight the success story of BNS in the DGP / IGP conference and directed them to provide the story of what convenience the common people have from the new law as compared to the old laws to the headquarters.
He said that while reviewing the cases registered in e-FIR and Zero FIR, the problem / feedback should be resolved by segregating the data and the common people and people living outside Uttarakhand give priority to Online FIR and in the coming time also work will be done on this module.
The DGP directed all the districts to take effective action by running a special campaign against overloaded vehicles, illegal vehicles, drunk drivers from November 10.
He said that in case of road accidents caused due to overloading, a case should be registered against the vehicle owner, driver, conductor as per the guidelines given in the SOP.
The DGP instructed to identify/verify the hot spots of road accidents caused due to overloading in the last 10 years in the entire state and install special signage boards, glowing boards, crash barriers etc. at such places.
The DGP said that the common man has to face problems when the national highway is blocked/train is stopped through dharna, procession.
A case should be registered against such anti-social elements, along with this, coordination should be established with the stakeholders and they should be given proper information about the instructions, said the DGP.
In the meeting, it was considered to organize a joint Nanda Devi expedition of Uttarakhand Police with ITBP on the 25th foundation day of Uttarakhand state in the coming year and to organize Ganga Safai Abhiyan program through rafting from Gangotri to Haridwar and other public awareness programs at district and state level.
In the meeting, DGP instructed the officials study their work and ensure smooth conduct of Chardham Yatra in the coming year.
In this regard, instructions were given to install electronic sign boards, mark holding area capacity and parking area while complying with the guidelines sent earlier from the headquarters level.
All the districts were instructed to provide the problems, suggestions arising during Chardham Yatra on priority within 1 week.