By Our Correspondent
CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: DGP Abhay on Wednesday held Video Conference with all SsP/DCsP and all Range DIsG/ IsG / CP, Director, Intelligence, Odisha, Bhubaneswar/ ADGP (Hdqrs.)/ ADGP Crime & (L&O)/ IGP (Pers.) and other Senior Officer attended the video conference.
Following matters were reviewed in detail.Review of present COVID situation.Review of COVID enforcement, weekend lockdown & shutdown measures throughout the state.Review of border sealing arrangements on West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh borders.Review of crowd control arrangements at Vaccination Centres across the State.Review of drive against hoarding and black marketing of covid essential medicines, oxygen cylinders etc.Review of Police deployments in different parts of the State.of corona related welfare of Police Personnel (Health check-up, vaccination etc).Review of Police Plasma donation.
From 1st April, 2021, Odisha Police has acted against 2,59,246 number of violations of mask usage and social distancing rules and collected fine of Rs. 8,07,72,630/-. Police have also registered 136 cases & arrested 662 persons for COVID guideline violations. This apart, Police have also registered 2026 cases under Excise Act and seized 38,266.66 ltrs of liquor.
DGP appreciated the effort of UPD Cuttack, Sambalpur, UPD BBSR, Balasore & Puri in submitting highest number of prosecution reports against violators of COVID guidelines. Further, he appreciated the effort of Ganjam, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur & Bhadrak for enforcing highest amount of fines against COVID guideline violators.DGP also appreciated the role of SsP of Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal & Angul in monitoring the loading & despatch of Liquid Medical Oxygen from their districts to various parts of the Country.
DGP urged District SsP/DCsP to further intensify Covid enforcement measures, especially strict implementation of lockdown and crowd control measures at Vaccination Centres as well as the drive and sharp vigil against hoarding / black marketing of covid essential supplies and price jacking of the same. Also, he directed all to ensure enforcement with empathy and guard against any kind of high handedness whole carrying out enforcement. Further, he urged SsP to motivate all eligible Police Personnel to come forward for Plasma Donation for timely service towards the COVID affected patients.
He also urged SsP/DCsP to ensure prompt response & redressal of grievances of public through their help line numbers, as people would find it difficult to reach the Police stations in view of lock down/ shutdown.Other themes reviewed were:Functioning of telephone based grievance redressal.Investigation & supervision of Special Report cases.Detection of property offence cases.Updating of E-Service books.
