Srinagar, March 28: As a part of public outreach programme of J&K government, police in Srinagar Friday observed ‘Thana Diwas’ across various Police Stations and Police Posts of the city.
A statement issued here said that in the second phase for the month of March, the event was organized in (15) Police Stations of the district which include Police station Harwan, Police station Parimpora, Police station M.R.Gunj, Police station Rainawari, Police station Nishat, Police station Rajbagh, Police station Zadibal, Police station, Sadder, Police station Shaheed Gunj, Police station Soura, Police station Nigeen, Police station Batmaloo, Polilce station Masiuma, Police station Kothibagh and Police station R.M.Bagh.
“The meetings were chaired by supervisory officers and jurisdictional police officers and were attended by civil society members including members of Auqaf Committees, members of Traders Federation and Transporters, Panchayati Raj members, Religious Preachers, Mohallah elders etc,” the statement said.
Pertinently, SSP Srinagar Imtiyaz Mir presided a meeting in City East Zone attended by SP East and other officers of Police. The participants highlighted various issues of public importance and put forth their grievances which were within the domain of district police like illegal narcotics trafficking, sand mafia, traffic issues, floating population etc. “Some of the issues highlighted pertaining to civil administration like improvement and maintenance of roads, sanitation, public health, electricity etc were also recorded,” the statement said. “Police assured them that genuine grievances pertaining to Police will be resolved on priority and dealt as per law and those pertaining to civil administration will be taken up with the concerned departments for their timely redressal. Participants were urged to co-operate with Police in curbing the drug menace and in identifying anti national and anti-social elements to maintain peace and order in the society. Community members assured their cooperation for enhancing police-public relationship.” By organising ‘Thana Diwas’, Police reinforces its commitment to improve transparency and accountability in policing at grassroot level in the district and to develop confidence and synergy between police and citizens for effective redressal of grievances.
