Locals raise drug abuse, elderly safety concerns; SSP calls for more public-police meetings

Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwar Deep Kaur was the chief visitor of the event, and was accompanied by DSP Charanjit Singh Virk. CRAWFED was headed by advocate Hitesh Puri as its chairman.

Within the assembly that lasted for about three hours, CRAWFED additionally shared their issues associated to housing amenities and growing variety of accidents attributable to stray animals.

CRAWFED Chairman Hitesh Puri, Common Secretary Anish Garg, Common Secretary Rajat Malhotra, Senior Vice Chairman Umesh Ghai submitted a memorandum of the problems confronted by the residents.

“There are a lot of youths who’re being injected all kinds of medication in authorities washrooms and faculties, within the morning hours after which these delinquents are a infamous affect on the legislation and order of town. I request the police to research this matter in nice element, as medicine are the foundation reason behind all infamous exercise and small crimes on this metropolis, she identified,” UT’s former mayor Poonam Sharma stated.

Highlighting the opposite side of the drug menace, normal secretary of Sector 38 A and B stated that there are innumerable open plots within the metropolis which might be laying vacant, which are sometimes inhabited by numerous addicts. Amandeep Singh, an activist, raised the problem of drug abuse amongst juveniles, particularly close to his residence at Sector 38-West.

After listening to residents’ points, the SSP known as for extra public-police conferences just like the one held on Sunday. “The Chandigarh Police will likely be beginning a Samavesh programme, a novel community-police initiative. Below this, the police have fashioned a 360-degree answer to supply straightforward providers to the residents with an goal of accommodating and creating small committees below numerous RWAs within the metropolis, that police will maintain common conferences with to enhance the law-and-order standing,” Kaur added.

The officer additional stated that there will likely be month-to-month conferences which will likely be recorded and additional divided into police and administrative jurisdiction. “The police will certainly escalate the problems below administrative jurisdiction with the mayor workplace and respective departments, by these conferences. This may lead to a stronger communication and a faster answer to such legislation and order issues. This will likely be corroborated from the following month”, the SSP added.

In the meantime, one other consultant of the RWA stated Chandigarh is the hub of retired personnel and senior residents. “It’s the responsibility of the police to supply enough safety or keep up a correspondence with the safety guards to stop any mishaps”. Advocate Hitesh Puri additional added that these safety guards to be given the title of ‘police pals’ in order that they’ll work in shut coordination with the police.

Responding to the security of senior residents, Kaur stated that the Chandigarh Police has began verification of home helps that resides with elders and senior residents. “We may even be trying into the side of evening patrols. In case of any inconvenience, the residents are requested to name 112,” the SSP stated.

In the meantime, Common secretary of CRAWFED, Dr Anil Garg spoke on the problem of disguised theft and the opening of unprecedented liquor retailers in the midst of residential areas.

“Many of the residents in Chandigarh don’t even know how one can file an FIR. They’re unaware of the process and lots of of such instances of petty crimes don’t get recorded with the police. Even when a grievance is registered with the police it’s registered as a DDR (Due Diligence Report / Day by day Dairy Report) and never an FIR”, one other CRAWFED member claimed.