JK News Today
Rajouri, 23 Feb : As part of public outreach programme, Thana Diwas -an initiative of Government of J&K, was organised at Nowshera under the aegis of Rajouri Poonch range police headquarters and District Police Office Rajouri.
The Programme was chaired by Additional SP Nowshera Mohd Rafi Giri alongwith SDPO Nowshera Tousif Ahmed, SHO Rajesh Jasrotia and other police officers.
Narinder Kumar Sharma President Municipal Committee Nowshera, BDC Chairman Bodh Raj, Former Chairman Municipal Committee Subash Kapoor and President Bepor Mendal, Dharamveer, Uaneet Gupta, Counselors, Sarpanches, Panches, media person and Social activist Vinod Sharma, civil society members and respectable persons of the area were present on the occasion.
During the Programme, participants highlighted various issues of public importance, and they were assured that their genuine grievances pertaining to Police will be resolved on priority and that of Civil administration will be taken up with the concerned departments for their early redressal.
Addl. SP , while speaking on the occasion, said that THANA DIWAS is an initiative started by the Government of J&K to bridge the gap between Police and Public and also to listen and redress the grievances of common masses. He further added that “Community policing is mandatory to boost public confidence which would help in fighting against crime and social evils.
To address the issues of the general public, it was stressed upon the officers to brace up with a missionary spirit to fight against drug abuse and eradicate other social evils from the society and to take a pledge to serve the society with missionary spirit and maintain the dignity of force.
While urging for better policing, the Addl.SP exhorted officers to dispose of public grievances at grassroots level on priority and patiently.
