Bhubaneswar: Komisianca police have launched many friendly police services in the capital city.
However, eight such projects that were introduced in the past seven years no longer functioned.
Transfer of police commissioners and poor monitoring of the old scheme by the successor has resulted in the termination of several initiatives.
Toi compiles the status of the ambitious project that was once popular.
MO TANGGAI: Chairman of Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched this mobile app on May 15, 2015 for women’s safety in the state capital during the term of office of Police Commissioner R Sharma.
Women were urged to download the application and register their names with the police to take advantage of the benefits of the application.
In an emergency, the women in trouble are used to send warnings to the police by pressing the power button five times, after which police will come to the victim rescue by searching the location of the cellphone.
Review of the initiative has been stopped for years.
Martial lessons for students: After the increasing incidence of crime against women, the coming police on October 27, 2014 began a lesson of self defense for school and college girls.
Police officers were used to visit various educational institutions and provide self-defense training to girls as part of the initiative.
However, it was stopped in one year of launch.
R P Sharma is CP when the initiative was launched.
Pink Autos: To ensure a safe woman’s journey in the capital, former CP R P Sharma has launched a Pink Auto-Rickshaw service on June 27, 2014.
The head of the Minister of Naveen Patnaik itself has marked this autos.
The police have given etiquette lessons to the driver and also gives them uniforms and identity cards.
Nearly a year later, this automatic pedicab goes from the road.
The police are now planning to revive services after recent direction from the government.
Interactive Traffic Portal: Former Police Commissioner YB Khurania has launched a special traffic website – (http://www.bhubaneswarcuttacktrafficpolice.in/index.php) – on July 30, 2018.
The aim is to make motorists and commuters aware of road safety.
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This website should give residents of real-time traffic updates and they are also asked to share their photos found to break the rules in the interactive portal.
Almost six months after the launch, the portal became dead.
Get to know your police: Former Commissioner of Satyajit Police Mohanty has introduced the initiative ‘Know Your Polres’ for school students on September 8, 2018.
Police Komisiancah invited students to various police stations where they were made to interact with the police and get expensive in their functions.
The project was stopped after the transfer of Mohanty Apossa YOJNA: In February 2019, the Komisiance police have launched a community-oriented police service in the slums of twin cities in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to curb and sensitive to youth against narcotics abuse.
The police service was baptized as Apossa (all-round promotion in slums and adolescents towards Narcotics Harassment) YOJNA.
Under the scheme, Komisiance police promoted sports activities in slums and organized campaigns on drug abuse.
The police distributed various sports equipment and sweatshirts among representatives from some slums in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
However, the initiative was stopped after the transfer of the former Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty.
Women SPO: Police Komisionce has on January 2, 2020 appointed several different college girls and female workers from several IT companies as special police officers (SPO) to examine crimes against women at their workplace.
Sudhanshu Sarangi is a police commissioner when the project was launched with many hubbub.
SPO is now in the dark about their roles and responsibilities because the project has lied.
Daddy Ku Na: On October 16, 2020, former Sudhanshu Police Commissioner Sarangi has formed an anti-extortion assignment unit (AETF) and launched a special program under the banner of Destbati Ku Na (say for extortion).
The police have warned a strict gangster action if they harass citizens, especially entrepreneurs in twin cities, and also capture several extilts.
This project is now in Moribund.
ICLIC: The Odisha police have launched ICLIK (instant metal internet kiosks) for women on January 28, 2014.
Iclik, ATM-like ATM devices installed in ATM booths in Saheed Nagar, encouraged women to visit their complaints immediately without immediately visiting the police station.
This initiative was stopped several months after the launch.