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K.T. Sangameswaran
CHENNAI: Enthused by public cooperation, which led to the detection of an arms training camp planned by naxalites at Murugan Malai near Periyakulam, the police have activated ‘border vigilance committees’ in Tiruvallur and Vellore districts. Objective
The objective of the committees, headed by coordinators, is to inform the police about movements of suspicious persons and activities, according to K. Radhakrishnan, Inspector-General of Police, North Zone. Besides alerting police personnel at the checkposts, timely information passed on by villagers would help the police to a great extent in preventing untoward incidents. Mr. Radhakrishnan told The Hindu that there were 265 such committees comprising 2,000 members in the border villages of Tiruvallur and Vellore districts. These 265 committees were among the 3,827 village committees formed in the entire north zone, comprising Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore and Villupuram districts, to gather information about anything happening in violation of the law. The two districts had a border running to about 350 km with Andhra Pradesh. It was impossible for the police to maintain a constant vigil without external help on such a long stretch with several villages located on the borders. It is hoped that public cooperation would help achieve the desired results. The committees had been provided with the numbers of local police stations and that of the cellular phones of officials. Monthly meetings with villagers, in which Deputy Superintendents and Inspectors took part, were being organised. One such meeting was held at Kothur village in Natrampalli panchayat union on Monday, in which Mr. Radhakrishnan participated. At the meeting, welfare activities were carried out. During the regular meetings grievances relating to infrastructure, if any, were also taken up with the officials concerned. The village committees were started after the illegal manufacture of rockets and components at engineering units at Padi, Mogappair and Korattur, on the city’s outskirts, came to light, the Mr. Radhakrishnan said.
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