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New Year's Eve In Faridabad

2000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed For New Year’s Eve In Faridabad

By LokMarg

To maintain law and order on New Year’s Eve, Faridabad police will deploy 2000 police personnel in the city on Saturday night, officials said on Friday.

Faridabad Commissioner of Police Vikas Kumar Arora appealed to the citizens to celebrate the new year in a cheerful and peaceful manner.
“Celebrate the new year with pomp with your family members and cooperate in maintaining peace in the society. In the new year, set new goals and work hard to fulfill them and try to spread new colours in the lives of your colleagues by showing them the right path,” he said.

Police Commissioner Arora said that to deal with mischievous elements on New Year and to maintain law and order in the city, strict checking will be done by putting blockades in ERV, PCR, Rider, and all zones.

“On the occasion of New Year, people drink alcohol and drive under the influence of alcohol, which increases the chances of an accident. The traffic inspectors and all the managers of the police station will do checking in their respective areas and strict legal action will be taken against those who drive in a state of intoxication,” he said.

He further said that special attention would be paid to hotels, contracts, restaurants, etc.

“In order to avoid any cases of molestation and snatching anywhere, every police station manager will form teams by including women policemen and according to the excise act, special attention will be paid to hotels, contracts, restaurants, etc.,” the police commissioner said.

He added that the police have identified over 60 strategic locations across the city including areas like malls, shopping complexes, markets, hotels, restaurants, and party halls, and also near the marked square intersections, where separate checkpoints will be set up and a separate team of police will keep a watch on notorious elements from 6.00 pm onwards.

“Faridabad Police is fully alert to maintain law and order in the city. Police Commissioner Vikas Kumar Arora has given special guidelines in this regard by holding a meeting with all DCPs, ACPs, station and outpost in-charges,” Sube Singh, an official spokesman said.

“On December 31 night, all the law and order duty will continue throughout the night. All Deputy Commissioners of Police and all the Assistant Commissioners of Police have been assigned to look after and maintain law and order, and peace by being on patrol in their respective areas. Separate teams of traffic police and local police stations will be deployed to regulate traffic and ensure smooth vehicular movement in and around the city,” Singh said. (ANI)

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‘I Celebrate New Year Eve With Cops On Duty’

By LokMarg

When revelers hit the streets to celebrate New Year Eve, Ajeet Pandey, 33, from Noida has chosen to serve piping hot tea to policemen on duty. He sees it a humble gesture to acknowledge a thankless policing job

Five years back, I was returning from a New Year Eve’s party with my wife from a friend’s house in Noida. I was barely three kilometers from home when the one of the tyres of my car flattened and I pulled over. As luck would have it, even my spare wheel turned out to be punctured.

Stuck on a Noida road at one o’clock in the night with one’s wife is not exactly a pleasant thought. Suddenly, out of nowhere, two policemen on a patrol bike approached us. As we explained them our situation, they immediately called for assistance and got our tyre fixed. One of them, in his late forties, suggested me to always double check the spare tyre if venturing out at night with family. I thanked them wholeheartedly and went home.

That was the time I realised how important a policeman is for our society and how difficult their job is. These must be sipahis, constables, ASIs (assistant sub inspectors) and sub inspector level officials who do not earn a fat check from their job but forego all festivals in the line of duty and we the residents of this metropolitan city, remain thankless.

At that moment I decided that I will visit policemen who are on duty at every festival. The next evening, when revelers were on the streets of Noida on January 1st 2015, I prepared three flask full of tea, packed up 100 paper-cups, a dozen biscuit packs along with some chips and drove around the city for hours. I randomly visited policemen who were working late in the bone-chilling weather and offered them piping hot tea.

I was amazed to see the reaction from the cops. They were happy and grateful with one cup of hot tea and some biscuits. Actually, they were happy that the residents of this city thought about them. It was a small gesture but it won hearts of the cops and I too returned satisfied with the act.

Ajeet Pandey with Noida Police patrol on New Year Eve

Since then, I visit policemen on duty at all possible festivals to serve them tea and snacks. This New Year’s eve also, I visited many policemen on night patrol with tea and followed it up the next evening too.

If we keep calling the cops with all the bad names that are popular in the culture, how can we expect them to keep us safe? If we thank them at least once a year for their service, it will change the perception of a policeman. If someone is in trouble, the first relief comes in the form of Khaki. This is the truth.

So, why do we shy away in thanking them? Why can’t we celebrate our festivals with those spending nights on the streets to keep us safe? This is a very small gesture and if all of us start following this, there will be a drastic change in policing and police- people relationship in India.