Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur said that the State has geared up to control the crime and in this connection about 1,000 police taxis will be introduced across the State from August 15 to provide help and reach the spot of crime.
Gaur while talking to the media persons here on Sunday said, "The taxis will be deployed in accordance with the strength of the police stations and it will reach the place of crime as soon as they receive a call for help. The new system will work on the line of 108 ambulance services."
To a query, Gaur said, ''There is no threat of Naxals in the State but an alert was sounded in the districts bordering Chhattisgarh in view of yesterday's Maoist attack in Sukma district in which seven Special Task Force (STF) personnel were martyred and several others injured.''
The Minister said that compensation of Rs 14.5 lakh each was announced for the families of the five people who died at a soybean oil factory in Neemuch following suffocation while they were cleaning a septic tank on Friday. A case was registered against the owner of the factory, he said, adding that all companies were directed to increase the safety measures for labourers.
Gaur, who is the patron of Swarg Ashram Seva Samitee, which works for the cremation of the helpless and poor people, lauded the work of the organisation and said that the Government is providing aid to them for doing such philanthropic work. The organisation's president P Namdev Kewale said they work in various places in Bhopal for the past 40 years and also is receiving aid from the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC). He said this non-political organisation planned to extend its service to more sections of people.