The sleepy Pembarthi village in Hasanparthy has acquired a new name of late. It is now called ‘CP gari Pembarthi’ meaning Commissioner of Police’s Pembarthi.
The village was adopted by the Warangal Police Commissionerate two years ago and since then police have become an extended family to all the villagers. The residents now look up to the police for getting a solution to all their problems.
Tank revived
Of the many initiatives the police undertook, the whole village lauds their single greatest contribution — restoration of Golam Cheruvu, the only source of water.
“We have one acre land. Due to water shortage, my parents stopped cultivation and went to Hanamkonda to work as daily wage labourers. In 2015 when the police restored our tank, we started cultivation again. We now grow two crops,” said B. Tech graduate Jorika Varun.
The whole village is in an upbeat mood with revival of the tank and the youth are also happy with the library built by the police.
Library
Now they get newspapers and books for competitive examinations. As many as 50 youth were selected by the city police and trained specially for competitive examinations. MPTC Thallapelli Kumara Swamy said the police adopted their village in August 2015 and they closed down all liquor belt shops and gudumba centres on a single day.
Liquor trade
Those depended on brewing illicitly distilled liquor were shown alternate livelihood. “This village was popular for rampant liquor sale and consumption. It disrupted families and claimed many lives in the past,” he told The Hindu .
A washerwoman Ch Puspha said nobody ever bothered to help them or tell them of good practices till the police adopted their village. Now in two months, every household will be having individual sanitary latrine (ISL). “We are thankful to the police who regularly visit us and listen to us,” she said.
Grama Jyothi
Speaking to The Hindu , Warangal City Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu said since the villagers came forward to be united, the police were motivated to do something as part of their Grama Jyothi programme. “We adopted the village and have been using our official position to improve services and infrastructure,” he explained.
