The Department of Police, Tamil Nadu, adopted Melpoongurithi village in Bargur Panchayat Union located on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border on Tuesday. Launching an awareness programme at the village, Inspector General of Police, West Zone, P. Sivanandi instructed villagers to alert the police if they found anyone roaming under suspicious circumstances in and around their village.
Mr. Sivanandi said the informer's confidentiality would be maintained and they would be rewarded.
He said such awareness programmes would help strengthen the bond between the people and the police, paving way for crime-free villages in the region.
Through such programmes, the district police along with the local police will help villages get the necessary basic amenities like water, road, street light.
The police will also help identify sponsors to educate children and get employment for educated youths of the village, he added.
As many as 500 children were sponsored by the police in the Coimbatore region alone. A barber's son who could not continue his professional education was supported by the police.
Besides this, the police would arrange loans through banks and financial institutions for buying milch animals to improve the livelihood of the villagers, Mr. Sivanandi said. He also announced a reward of Rs. 1,000 for informers.
Deputy Inspector General of Police G. Venkatraman said the Melpunguruthi village was selected for the awareness programme because of its crime-free record.
V.G. Rajendran, Chairman, Bargur Panchayat Union said, people cultivating in small piece of lands in the forests for a longer period were denied patta by the forest department. Because of this, they were finding it difficult to lead their life.
He requested the police department to take up the issue with the government and help the villagers get patta for the land in which they were undertaking cultivation..
Superintendent of Police A.G. Babu welcomed the gathering. Additional Superintendent of Police D. Magesh Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bargur, K. Gunasekaran and Inspector of Police Rajkumar, among others, attended the awareness programme.
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