Rich tributes paid to police martyrs in Vizag

Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi, on Tuesday, paid wealthy tributes to the police personnel who laid down their lives within the line of obligation, on the Police Memorial on Beach Road on the Police Commemoration Day.

Participating within the programme because the chief visitor, Mr. bagchi inspected the ceremonial guard of honour.

Mr. Bagchi recalled the sacrifices made by the police to make sure the security and peace of the society.

On October 21, 1959, ten CRPF personnel had been martyred at Ladakh, defending the nation, and at the present time has been commemorated because the ‘Police Commemoration Day’ throughout India ever since.

Mr. Bagchi mentioned that 191 police personnel have sacrificed their lives whereas on obligation throughout the nation in 2025 alone.

Highlighting the measures launched as a part of the police reforms, Mr. Bagchi talked about station modernisation, growth of CCTV networks, girls’s security by way of Shakthi app, patrol automobiles, cybercrime management items, drug-free state campaigns, and neighborhood policing programmes.

He mentioned that for police welfare, a number of schemes resembling housing, well being, police hostels, household welfare funds, and sports activities and wellness initiatives are being applied.

“The authorities is shifting in direction of technology-driven policing with good policing, digital investigation methods, e-office options, and central command and management monitoring centres, he mentioned.

In Visakhapatnam metropolis, annual well being check-ups had been carried out for practically 1,600 civil employees, 800 armed reserve personnel, and 1,000 house guards. As a part of the subsequent well being initiative, CT Coronary Calcium Score Tests are being carried out to stop coronary heart assaults. This transfer follows considerations about rising coronary heart assaults amongst police personnel, he mentioned.

Mr. Bagchi mentioned that medical checks had been carried out for 1,900 police relations, in collaboration with the King George Hospital (KGH) employees.

For girls police welfare, a devoted Women’s Home was inaugurated on June 20. Housing enhancements had been carried out in varied police quarters at Karasa, Allipuram, III Town, Chinawaltair, with enhanced water provide, streetlighting, CCTV, and drainage repairs. Renovations had been accomplished for varied police stations, he mentioned.

The ‘Shaheed Pustak Toli’ workforce introduced Mr. Bagchi a e-book itemizing the names of police personnel throughout the nation who had been martyred final 12 months. The listing was learn out on the Police Memorial.

Mayor Peela Srinivasa Rao, Principal District & Sessions Judge Ch. Raju, Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad, TDP State president Palla Srinivasa Rao, Visakhapatnam North MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju and others had been current.