The CBI, in association with the Vigilance Officers of various Government departments, Ministries and Organisations, on Friday, conducted over 150 joint surprise checks (JSCs) at various places of suspected corruption across India.

"The searches are primarily being conducted at such points and places of corruption where common citizens or small businesspersons feel maximum pinch of corruption in Government machinery.  This special drive will sensitise all stakeholders about possible avenues of corruption a common citizen faces, while seeking services from such departments.  It also strives to identify and highlight points and places vulnerable to corruption," the CBI said in a statement.

The departments covered by under the searches include — Railways, coal mines and coalfields, medical/healthcare orgainisations, Customs,  FCI. Other departments such as power, municipal corporations, ESIC, transport, CPWD, Directorate of Estates, Fire Services, sub registrar office, GST Department, Port Trust, National Highways, DAVP, Airport Authority of India, Public Sector oil companies, DGFT, Public Sector banks, ASI, Shipping Corporation, BSNL, steel PSU, mines and minerals.

These JSCs will be followed by extensive campaign by CBI branches all over India to make common citizens aware of how they can reach out to Government departments and redress their complaints.

Various cities/towns where the JSC are being conducted include — Delhi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Guwahati, Shillong, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Chennai, Madurai, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Bhopal, Raipur, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Patna, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Dehradun, Ranchi, Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Vijaywada, Cochin, Kollam, Hanamakonda, Karimnagar, Chirmiri, Secunderabad, Katni — Bina, Vadodara, Himmat Nagar, Dhanbad, Kasauli, Samastipur, Danapur and Mokama.