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Crime prevention yielding results

Staff Reporter

There is now increased vigil at night in several areas in Tirupur

Coimbatore: The stepped up vigil at night with the help of increased night beats and lurking beats had yielded rich dividends with the crime rate falling drastically especially in the hosiery town of Tirupur.

Talking to reporters, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Coimbatore Range, M.N. Manjunatha and Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore Rural District, A.T. Duraikumar, said that the increased vigil at night through more night beats had helped in bringing down the crime rate across the district, especially in the crime prone Tirupur sub-division.

Under directions from the Inspector-General of Police, West Zone, K. Rajendran, 90 personnel were deployed from crime-free pockets to crime-prone Tirupur town. This was in addition to the 268 police personnel already deployed in Tirupur sub-division.

Check-posts

In addition, seven check-posts had been established on arterial roads for conducting vehicle checks.

With the help of nearly 80 `Friends of Police' volunteers, 80 beats were being marched at night and 25 in the daytime.

A systematic study of accidents in the past and remedial measures initiated, had helped in bringing down the accident rate.

A number of road traffic accidents were found to be `freak' in nature.

Roads

Bad as well as good roads were also found to be reasons for accidents.

Hence, an accident mapping had been done in Coimbatore district, classifying the remedial measures into long term and short term.

Caution boards

While caution boards were being installed as temporary measures, problems in road engineering were being taken up with the departments concerned, they said.

The police in Coimbatore District would soon be launching a drive against overloading of school children in auto rickshaws and also against use of cellular phones while riding or driving.

Usage of cellular phone was a danger not only to those who violated the rules but also to other road users.

In the event of a driver getting caught for drunken driving, he would not be allowed to proceed after paying a fine.

The vehicle would be taken to the police station and action would be initiated against the driver of the vehicle, especially with regard to the driving licence.

The same kind of action was likely to be taken against offenders in the event of drivers causing accidents, the officials said.

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