For the people of six districts of Kumaon division help is now just a tap away on their phones. After success of the ‘Uttarakhand Police Mobile App’ in Garhwal division, the Director General Police (DGP) of Uttarakhand Police M A Ganapathy launched the App for Kumaon division at Police headquarters here on Thursday.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Ganapathy said that the mobile App of Uttarakhand police is user friendly, has more features and the response of the force is fast. Appreciating the success of App in Garhwal division, he said that one of the objectives of the State Police is to be more tech savvy to meet the modern challenges. The DGP however expressed concern on the mental block among some of the Senior Inspectors of the force for usage of technology and suggested that a workshop of these officers should be conducted to overcome this hesitation.
Speaking on the occasion the Inspector General (IG), Garhwal range, Sanjay Gunjyal said that after its launch in month of November last year, 17406 people have downloaded the App on their android phones. He revealed that 96313 applications have been received through this App. Giving an example, Gunjyal said that now 180 and 260 tenant and servant verification are taking place through the help of App daily in Dehradun and Haridwar districts respectively, which is much more than the physical verification method done in past. He informed that on the suggestion of State Chief Minister Harish Rawat, a new feature, ‘Fight Corruption’ is added in the App. The IG Garhwal said that with the help of this feature anyone can lodge a complaint against any corrupt officer. The complaint is forwarded to the Vigilance department and the identity of the complainant is not disclosed. He also narrated some of the success stories of the App on the occasion.
The police have disposed off 104 crime reports out of total 140 received on the App. The programe was attended by Additional Director General (ADG) law and order Anil Raturi, IG law and order Deepam Seth and other senior officers of the department.