The three -day training programme conducted at IHM, Garhicantt in Dehradun for tourist police personnel deputed on Char Dham Yatra routes to resolve traffic blockages and to facilitate the pilgrims concluded on Tuesday.
State DGP MA Ganapathy who was the chief guest on the concluding day of the training programme said that the objective of training was to train the constables. The police department where around 90 per cent of the staffs are constables needed to train them well in a bid to enhance the efficiency of the force, he said after he distributed certificates to the constables who attended the training.
DGP further said that the tourist police personnel will be equipped with fluorescent jackets and other modern equipment. During the training, they were trained on the basics of English communications, telephone handling and IT (information technology) of the latest apps, he added.
Additional DGP (law and order) Ram Singh Meena asked the tourist police personnel to help the pilgrims with all the information they have. “They must deal with the tourists politely while helping them with accurate information. Besides, they must see to it that the pilgrims are not overcharged by the operators of the vehicles they would hire to reach the shrines. The same is true for the hotels they would stay in. It must be ensured that the rents are not exorbitant for the pilgrims. This aside, smooth traffic movement must be ensured,” he stressed.
Deputy inspector general of police Garhwal range, Pushpak Jyoti said that a total of 60 police personnel from Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Dehradun districts had been imparted training in course of the first phase of the training programme.