City
Epaper

Odisha CM to police: Work for people or face action

By IANS | Published: September 14, 2019 8:52 PM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked the heads of all police stations to work for the people or face action. He said the police officials doing good work will get appreciation and those who are not will face action.

Open in App

Ahead of the launch of the 'Mo Sarkar'(my government) initiative on October 2, the Chief Minister interacted with the heads of all the 635 police stations across the state through video conferencing.

Under the initiative, the Chief Minister will directly talk to the people visiting police stations and take feedback from them.

"Starting from 2nd October on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, I will personally make ten phone calls every day. Based on the feedback there will be immediate action, appreciating those who are doing good work and initiating action against those who are not," he added.

He said that a complainant will no longer chase a police official for redressal of his or her grievance.

The Chief Minister said police officers and police stations exist for citizens and the administration is run on taxpayers' money.

"We run the administration with taxpayers' money. We draw our salary from the money of the citizens. It is our duty to treat citizens with dignity whenever they visit police stations, deal with their complaints in a professional, ethical and humane manner." he said.

Under the 'Mo Sarkar' initiative, the phone number of every petitioner visiting a police station will be recorded and will be available to everyone in the system, starting from the Chief Minister to the Superintendent of Police.

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: Gandhi Jayanti
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalAssam: CM Sarma urges officials to make 'tree-based economy' in state

NationalAssam govt announces mega sapling planting drive with cash prize

AurangabadBharath cycle design challenge opens for students

PoliticsTamil Nadu police bars wielding sticks during RSS rally on Sunday

Business4 Tips to Get a Personal Loan with Fullerton India This Republic Day

National Realted Stories

NationalScorching heatwaves: Rajasthan's Barmer, UP's Kanpur hottest at 46.9 deg C

NationalAnjali murder case: DCP suspended for 'negligence'; victim's sister attempts suicide

NationalSahara India hits out at makers of 'Scam' series

NationalNow Nagaland poll panel urges Naga body not to abstain from local body polls

NationalAssam: Woman arrested for killing husband & burning his body