Weeklong “know your saanjh kendras” programme to be launched by Punjab police from November 11

Chandigarh, November 9, 2013: To provide an impetus to the pioneering initiative of Punjab Police on ‘Community Policing’, a weeklong ‘Know your Saanjh Kendras’ programme has been launched by the Community Affairs Division for the period November 11-16.
Disclosing this here today, SK Sharma, ADGP/HRD & CP said that the objective was to reach out to all the stakeholders involved in this collaborative effort and encourage them to visit these centers. Extending an open invitation to all the stakeholders to freely visit the ‘Saanjh Kendras’, Sharma said that by visiting these kendras they could experience a firsthand interaction. This was expected to strengthen the bond of collaboration (Saanjh) between the police and all other stakeholders, he added.
The ADGP pointed out that these ‘Saanjh Kendras’ were aimed at strengthening the police –citizen partnership by providing a forum for dispute resolution, redressal of grievances and victim relief etc. Committees of citizens have been constituted to resolve issues of local importance jointly with the police and the focus was on community related issues like Drugs, Traffic management, Security and safety, Public nuisance, eve-teasing and other local issues of relevance.
He informed that the committees of eminent citizens from different walks of life have been constituted to visit the ‘Saanjh Kendras’ for evaluating their functioning on specified parameters including among others - delivery of services as per timeline, Dispute resolution, Redressal of grievances, dignified access to police services, providing of victim relief etc.
He further said that our endeavor was to ensure that large numbers of people from amongst the different stakeholders visit any of the 114 ‘Saanjh kendras’ at Sub-Division level and 39 at Police station level so that they could experience the change that has already been brought about and also suggest possible improvements for the future. Efforts were being made to arrange for visits of various categories of stakeholders such as students, traders, transporters and farmers. Individuals/ groups were being invited to freely visit the ‘Saanjh Kendras’ and be our welcome guests, he added.