Identities of a total of 16,849 tenants and paid helpers have been verified through Uttarakhand police mobile app which was launched by Chief Minister Harish Rawat on October 31 for Garhwal Range.
A total of 6760 persons have downloaded this app, said Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjiyal on Sunday. Various media are being used to raise public awareness so that they may derive maximum benefit from this app.
Gunjiyal said that though the mobile phone application had been facilitated initially for Garhwal region it would be introduced in other parts of the State too in the coming days.
The mobile app is currently available only for Android users with a consistent rise in the number of people downloading the app. He further said that a control room has been set up at district office and trained police officials have been posted in it. “We are getting good response from the people who are using this mobile app.We are also getting phone calls from people appreciating the facility,” he added.
Citizens can report issues regarding crimes, verification of tenants and domestic helps/employees, condition of traffic, lost-found reports and wanted criminals.
He said that Uttarakhand Police mobile app is aimed at reducing public inconvenience in accessing police services and helping citizens to reach out for swift help in times of emergency. One can also report issues like eve-teasing, accident, public nuisance, traffic jam and criminal intelligence through crime report feature available on the app. The names of the wanted criminals have been highlighted in the app and one can inform the police about them.
Regarding lost-found reporting, the app user has to select items from a list which includes mobile phone, passport, voter ID card, Aadhaar card, account book, ATM card, driving license, PAN card, ration card, tablet, video camera, mobile phone, laptop, I-pods and mark-sheet. The objective of launching the app was to enable Android mobile phone users to lodge reports online with district police. He said that 567 persons have reported their complaints regarding lost items with recovery of the items of 102 persons through the app, he added.