Age eligibility limit for SI exam raised
Dehradun: Head constables and constables aged up to 45 years have been made eligible for Rankers Sub-inspector examination. Candidates’ age should be 45 years before January 01, 2014. Earlier, head constables and constables aged up to 40 years were eligible for the same post. To pass in this examination, the male candidates will have to run five kilometres in 30 minutes while female candidates will have to run three kilometers in 21 minutes, said Director General of Police BS Sidhu after presiding over a meeting of State Police Establishment Committee with senior police officers on Friday. Sidhu said that the department will soon start process for conducting this examination in the State.
Road Safety Week ends with awareness drive
Dehradun: On the last day of Road Safety Week, Public awareness programme on traffic rules and Motor Vehicle Act was held at Police line on Friday. Around 500 students of various private and Government colleges and 200 constables participated in this programme. Dehradun Traffic Inspector Virendra Singh Rawat informed the participants about traffic rules and MV Act and appealed the people to suggest the police about how to improve traffic system in the state capital. Rawat said that during Road Safety Week, police conducted vehicle checking drive against tinted glasses, overloading, drunken driving, improper parking, riders without helmets, vehicles without number plates and others in the last police had imposed challan on 2,827 traffic violators and collected Rs 1.37 lakh in the form of penalty while 190 vehicles were seized for traffic violations.