The Delhi Police Commissioner, Amulya Patnaik, on Tuesday flagged off ‘Mobile Canteen Van for Commissioner’s reserve staff’ in national Capital. The CP’s reserve staff which is deployed in various law and order situations like riots, crowd management, religious gatherings, various festivals, political rallies, area domination, patrolling in street crime prone areas and inter-state borders will get food articles, snacks, aerated water, soft drinks in the Mobile Canteen Van to their places of duty.
According to Rakesh Kumar Bansal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Armed Police (DAP), 1st Battalion, an Eicher made 25 seater mini bus has been fabricated by DAP to serve the purpose of Mobile Canteen for CP reserve staff.
“There are 28 CP Reserve coys including two women coys with their bases at various locations across the city. These bases include Khajuri Khas, New Police Lines, MS Park, Narela, Tilak Marg, Parliament Street, Kalyan Puri, Pitam Pura, Dwarka, Kalkaji, Malviya Nagar, Delhi Cantt and Teen Murti Lines,” said the DCP.
“The nature of duty of CP Reserve staff is such that in situations of continuous and prolonged law and order problems, they need to put in protracted hours of duty. As a welfare measure, food articles, snacks, aerated water, soft drinks etc will be carried by the Mobile CPR Canteen to their places of duty so that the staff is served with eatables while on duty,” said the DCP.
“The Mobile Canteen Van is equipped with various gadgets. These gadgets include refrigerator, ambient food cabinet for eatables, hot food cabinet, table with sink unit, water dispenser both hot and cold, beverage table with waste disposal mechanism, tea urn, food storage unit, over roof water tank, air conditioner, inverter, two gas burners with LPG cylinder, sitting for two persons, service window, retractable water proof side roof, microwave and removable metallic podium below service window for police personnel,” said the DCP.