Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Monday directed the Punjab Police to accelerate implementation of Amritsar and ludhiana ‘Safe City’ projects besides expressing satisfaction with the 181 police helpline.
Sukhbir, in a meeting with the state Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini and senior officers, including ADGP, law and Order Dinkar Gupta, said that Amritsar and ludhiana had been selected among 27 cities for the Safe City project and all efforts should be made to make use of the most modern technology systems for this project.
He also emphasised that a fresh proposal should be submitted by the police department for its modernisation and requirements of other equipments like vehicles, which would be a part of issues to be taken up before Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The police officers informed that under this project, 1,200 CCTV cameras would be installed in ludhiana whereas 1,000 cameras would be installed in Amritsar.
Gupta informed the Deputy Chief Minister that since its launch, 2.36 lakh calls have been received where people have registered 37,295 complaints, out of which, 34,764 have been disposed of by fully satisfying the complainants. The unique feature of 181 was that 48 per cent calls have been made by female complainants, which has increased a sense of security among women.
Sukhbir asked the police officials to submit list regarding the posting tenures of all station house officers (SHOs) in their respective police stations.Besides, he asked the ADGP, law and Order, to undertake an independent audit as well as verification of satisfaction level of complainants for which random sample of 200 callers could be carried out by independent agencies.