Odisha police to launch highway patrolling on five stretches

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha police moved the state house department, in the hunt for approval to start out freeway patrolling venture on 5 stretches on pilot basis. The routes recognized for the proposed freeway patrolling machine are Jaleswar--Ichhapuram, Bhubaneswar--Puri, Sambalpur--Sohela, Manguli--Sambalpur and Sambalpur--Rourkela.


Director general of police R P Sharma mentioned the police headquarters has recommended the house department to supply manpower and logistics for the proposed venture. “Though our staff have been undertaking patrolling on highways, we now have deliberate a dedicated unit of freeway patrolling,” Sharma informed TOI. The police headquarters has proposed to the federal government to create a minimum of 522 posts of police staff in several ranks to manage the freeway patrolling venture. Official assets mentioned on the state police recommended creation of posts for 108 sub-inspectors, 216 constables, 138 assistant drivers and 60 attendants for the proposed venture. Besides, the federal government has been asked to supply logistics like 10 ambulances and 36 Bolero vehicles for a success run of the venture.


“We are hopeful that the state government would believe our proposal to start out the freeway patrolling venture. Presence of the freeway patrolling groups will not assist take a look at freeway crimes, but too can temporarily reply to road twist of fate sufferers,” additional director general of police (modernisation) Vinaytosh Mishra informed TOI.



At provide, a minimum of 16 numbers of national highways, overlaying 3592.932 km traverse through the state. Poor patrolling in most cases precipitated anti-socials to commit crimes like theft and snatching at different places in the state. To prevent freeway theft and be sure that the industrial vehicles smoothly transport their consignments, the commissionerate police not too long ago recommended truck owners to put in CCTV cameras and GPS-enabled tracking machine in their vehicles. A stretch of the NH-16, overlaying just about 20 km from Pitapalli to Palasuni, falls beneath the commissionerate police area in the capital town. Police are at the ft as freeway robbers keep targetting items packing containers in common intervals. Highway robberies in Bhubaneswar came all the way down to 34 in 2017 from 47 reported in 2016. Police mentioned firms and transport agencies can tell native police stations prematurely about motion of pricy consignments, together with cash-laden vans at the NH in evening.



On January 7, 2017 the Khandagiri police here arrested two engineering scholars for allegedly committing freeway robberies. On February 6, 2017 the commissionerate police arrested six freeway robbers following exchange of fireplace at Khamang beneath Balianta police limits. Armed miscreants on June 10, 2016 stalked a pair and gunned down the biker near Patanaikia on Bhubaneswar-Puri national freeway to loot their articles.
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