India-Nepal border to seal 48 hours before polling on April 9

Uttarakhand will go for polls in the first phase and the Indo-Nepal border will close 48 hours before voting in Uttarakhand on April 11. Security arrangements are also beefed up by deploying 60 company security forces in sensitive and susceptible districts with approximately 30 thousand civil police in the district.

Dehradun: Uttarakhand will go for polls in the first phase and the Indo-Nepal border will close 48 hours before voting in Uttarakhand on April 11. However, the emergency services will continue with the investigation, said official.

Ashok Kumar, director general of police (DGP) intelligence, has been appointed the new DGP (law and order) said that "two days before the voting, the security arrangement in the area sharing a border with China will also be beefed up."

Kumar also added that 85 per cent of interstate Himachal and Uttar Pradesh services will continue with proper checking.

"In view of the heavy rush on the international border of India-Nepal, strict checking campaign is being run by the Central Security Forces and the Civil Police and suspicious activities are being monitored through CCTV," Kumar added.

Security arrangements regarding election,

Uttarakhand SSP and district officials held a meeting with the top officials of Nepal.

India will seal the international border of India from April 9th.

Deployment of 60 company security forces in sensitive and susceptible districts with approximately 30 thousand civil police in the district.

Punjab Armed Police will be deployed in Dehradun, along with several cities of Uttarakhand.