Trading lathis for brooms: Chennai cops conduct cleanliness drive across 105 stations

Chennai: Police across the city participated in a cleanliness drive at 105 stations on Saturday morning following instructions from Greater Chennai Police commissioner A Amalraj.The initiative was part of a directive to ensure that police stations maintain clean and orderly surroundings. Officers and personnel joined conservancy workers in cleaning their respective police stations.According to protocol, police are required to display their official vehicles, kit bags, arms and ammunition for inspection on Thursdays. But as they are often on duty during weekdays, the exercise has been shifted to Saturdays in the city. While the protocol is followed in the Armed Reserve and Tamil Nadu Special Police battalions, it has not been implemented consistently in many commissionerates and districts.The initiative followed the commissioner’s recent visits to more than 19 police stations across the city, during which he reviewed the grievances of police personnel.The GCP has 105 law and order police stations, 105 crime stations and 39 all women stations. Each station is assigned a conservancy worker responsible for maintaining cleanliness within and around the premises.