The Delhi Police is mulling over the idea of turning their police stations into environment friendly ones. As part of their ‘green-policing’ initiative, the cops will develop police stations that can generate their own power with the help of solar panels.
In a first of its kind initiative undertaken by the Delhi Police, the police stations in North Delhi will be the first ones to go green. “The green initiative is starting with the police stations in North Delhi. We will start by installing a solar panel at the station to generate power followed by installing rain-water harvesting plant. We will also plant more trees in police station compounds,” said a police officer.
“Soon, more police stations in other districts of Delhi will also go green,” he added.
Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi was also seen promoting the ‘green-policing’ initiative some time back when he planted saplings at Police Lines, Kingsway Camp.
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A hot cup of coffee is expected to have a stimulating effect on one’s senses but sometimes one needs to be alert even while relishing it. Delhi Police officers say several cases of bag lifting at plush coffee shops have been reported in the recent past. What poses a challenge in detection is the profile of the suspects. Both the victim and the accused come as customers and gel so well that to profile someone as “suspicious” could be inviting trouble.
Young women and girls, most of them in their early teens to twenties and seemingly from well-to-do families, could sneak out with handbags carried by fellow customers in a very discreet manner.
Recently a journalist learnt her lesson the hard way when she and her friends had gone to a popular coffee shop in Meherchand Market. “I had slung my bag, with money and an i-Phone in it, on the backrest of my chair. Some time later, I realised that it was gone. Later, I realised there were some women sitting on the table behind ours. Looking at them, all chatting and giggling, I did not have any inkling of what they were up to,” said the victim.
But hopes of tracking the thieves dwindled soon after when the victim realised there were no CCTV cameras installed either at the cafe or in the vicinity. She was to soon realise that the thieves had come well prepared. Within minutes of stealing the bag, the suspects had also changed the password of the Apple i-Phone cloud tracking system.
(By Kritika Sharma & Shubhomoy Sikdar)
