Ajay Joshi who was recently appointed Pauri Superintendent of Police said that the police will launch a verification drive in the district soon. Joshi stressed that the traffic congestion is a serious problem particularly in district headquarter Pauri and Srinagar and efforts would be ensured to redress this.
The main task was maintaining law and order during the forthcoming three-tier panchayat election and a meeting of police officers would be called soon on this issue, he stressed.
After joining his duty as the Pauri SP, Joshi told The Pioneer that a verification drive would be launched soon to prevent minor crimes in the area under the purview of the regular police. Stressing that the security of banks would be ensured, he said that all station house officers in the district have been directed to list the names of banks, their security guards and the condition of the CCTV cameras installed at the banks after physical inspection.
Joshi added that the case of a woman trying to deposit fake currency notes at the SBI Srinagar branch has not been solved yet as the CCTV in the bank was not operating on the day of the incident. He further said that systematic efforts will be undertaken to resolve the problem of traffic congestion in Pauri, Srinagar and Kotdwar towns. The district headquarter Pauri is facing various problems resulting from anomalies in civic facilitation.
The SP said that he has directed all police officers in the district to attend to public grievances efficiently while stressing that negligence on duty will not be tolerated.